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A    HISTORY 


STANTON  STREET  BAPTIST  CHURCH. 


CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 


SKETCH    OF    ITS    PASTORS, 


REGISTER  OF  THE  ENTIRE  MEMBERSHIP. 


NEW    YORK: 
SHELDON"     «fe     CO]yEI»^:N"Y 

No.    115   NASSAU   STREET. 
1860. 


W.  H.  TiNsoN,  SUreotypar.  J,  J,  Rkmd,  Printer. 


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PEEFACE.'      -,    ^/^ 


The  Pleasures  of  Memory  have  been  sweetly  sung 
by  a  modem  bard,  and  perhaps  in  no  case  are  those 
pleasures  greater  than  when  connected  with  the  rehgious 
experiences  of  our  better  nature.  An  unpretending 
volume,  like  this,  presents  no  claim  to  public  notice,  but 
appeals  to  that  narrower  circle  whose  sympathies  are 
enlisted,  and  whose  interest  is  excited,  by  a  recital  of 
the  trials,  the  progress,  and  the  triumphs  of  God's 
people.  No  striking  events  are  here  recorded;  no  stir- 
ring scenes  will  pass  in  review  before  the  reader.  We 
only  attempt  to  tell,  in  a  simple  way,  how  the  Good 
Shepherd  has  led  one  of  his  flocks,  and  to  chronicle  such 
events  as  have  had  an  influence  upon  the  destiny  of 
immortal  spirits.  The  mission  of  the  modern  church  is 
to  diffuse  a  knowledge  of  Christ,  to  teach  men  the  truth 
of  his  Holy  Word,  and  thus  to  fit  them  for  life  and  duty 
here,  and  for  glory,  honor,  and  immortality  hereafter. 
Without  claiming  for  this  church  any  preSminence,  it 


IV  PKEFACE. 

was  thought  that  a  brief  record  of  its  past  history  vf  ould 
be  deeply  interesting  to  all  who  have,  at  any  time,  been 
identified  with  it ;  and  perhaps  there  may  be  others  to 
whom  our  little  memorial  may  not  be  altogether  desti- 
tute of  attractions.  Such  as  it  is,  we  send  it  forth,  con- 
scious that  it  might  have  been  far  worthier  of  its  theme, 
but  still  trusting  that  it  may  meet  a  kindly  reception 
from  many  a  Christian  heart. 

The  matter  accumulated  by  the  committee  in  collect- 
ing the  materials  for  this  work,  would  fill  several  vo- 
lumes, and  continual  abridgment  has  been  necessary  to 
keep  within  the  limits  prescribed  to  us.  In  consequence 
of  this,  the  narrative  may  appear  quite  abrupt  at  some 
points,  and  it  must  be  ascribed  to  the  cause  just  stated. 
The  writers  have  not  forgotten  that  theii'  duty  has  been 
to  give  facts,  rather  than  to  furnish  reflections  upon 
them;  and  this  may  give  the  work  an  uninviting  ap- 
pearance ;  but  this,  we  think,  will  be  readily  overlooked, 
when  we  state  that  our  aim  has  been  to  secure  accuracy 
in  all  our  statements ;  and  it  is  believed  that  our  facts 
and  figures  may  be  relied  on. 

It  is  somewhat  remarkable  that  our  first  pastor,  and 
the  first  deacon  of  the  church,  both  departed  this  life 
during  the  preparation  of  this  work.  Fortunately, 
hovr'ever,  these  aged  and  venerable  brethren  furnished 


PREFACE.  V 

US  with  all  the  facts  in  their  possession  before  they 
passed  away.  We  have  received  valuable  information 
also  from  Deacons  H.  Phelps,  D.  Bailie,  R.  E.  Peterson, 
B.'  M.  Thompson,  and  Wm.  D.  Mangam;  and  from 
Mrs.  Ann  Elgreen  and  Mrs.  Hannah  Ashford. 

A  Register  of  our  entire  membership  will  be  found  at 
the  close  of  the  book.  It  was  intended,  at  first,  to  give 
the  names  of  present  members  only  ;  but  a  strong  de- 
su'e  having  been  expressed  to  have  all  inserted,  the  com- 
mittee yielded,  though  much  additional  and  unexpected 
labor  was  thereby  imposed  upon  them.  The  time  and 
manner  of  uniting  with  the  church  are  also  given,  to- 
gether with  the  date  of  death  or  dismission  ;  so  that 
every  member  may  now  ascertain  these  facts  in  his  own 
history,  or  that  of  any  brother  or  sister.  It  is  not  un- 
likely that  errors  have  escaped  notice  in  so  large  a  col- 
lection of  names  and  dates,  and  hence  we  desire  that  per- 
sons noticing  such  defects,  would  communicate  the  same 
to  the  pastor  or  clerks.  Any  other  corrections  or  sug- 
gestions may  also  be  addressed  to  C.  B.  Stout,  box  1418, 
New  York  post-ofi&ce,  or  to  Thomas  J.  Grout,  145 
Suffolk  street,  New  York. 

We  desire,  before  closing  this  preface,  to  allude  to 
the  harmony  that  has  ever  prevailed  among  our  mem- 
bership and  attended  our  councils.     With  one  or  two  ex- 


VI  PBEFACE. 

ceptions,  this  has  been  the  case  from  the  beginnmg  until 
now.  In  our  church  meetings,  personal  choice  and  feel- 
ing are  ever  in  abeyance  to  the  general  good,  and  the 
will  of  the  majority  is  cheerfully  assented  to.  This  fact 
is  a  cause  of  devout  gratitude  to  God,  and  not  only  has 
frequent  allusion  to  it  been  had  in  our  letters  to  the 
Association,  but  it  is  often  made  the  occasion  of  thanks- 
giving in  the  prayer-room.  May  the  great  Head  of 
the  Church  continue  to  preserve  the  unity  of  the  Spirit 
in  the  bond  of  peace  I 

I  New  York,  December  Slst,  1859, 


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PA6B 

Preface 3 

PERIOD  I. 

Original  Articles  of  Faith 13 

Election  of  the  first  Clerlt  and  Deacon  and  the  first  Baptism. . .  17 

Call  of  Rev.  Samuel  Eastman  and  Sketch  of  his  Life 19 

His  Ordination  and  Missionary  Appointment 22 

His  Letter  of  Dismission  to  the  Union  Church,  New  York 24 

Election  of  the  first  Board  of  Trustees  and  the  second  Clerk. . .  27 
Resignation  of  Brother  Eastman,  Destruction  of  the  House  of 

Worship  by  Fire,  and  Removal 29 

Death  of  Brother  Eastman 32 

Statistics  of  the  First  Period 36 

PERIOD  II. 

Call  of  Rev.  George  Benedict 37 

Sketch  of  his  Life 38 

His  Ordination 39 

Erection  of  the  House  of  Worship  in  Stanton  street 40 

Change  of  name  from  Union  to  Stanton  street  Church 42 

Resignation  of  Brother  Benedict 49 

Sickness  of  Brother  Benedict 62 

His  Resignation  and  decease 63 

Statistics  of  the  Second  Period 69 

PERIOD  III. 

Call  of  Rev.  David  Bellamy 60 

Sketch  of  his  Life 61 

His  Baptism  and  Call  to  the  Ministry 62 

His  Pastorate  at  Ithaca 64 

Recognition  at  the  Stanton  street  Church 66 

Formation  of  Young  Men's  Mission  Society 68 


Yin  CONTENTS. 

PAQB 

Visit  of  Rev.  E.  L.  Abbott 70 

Revival  of  Religion,  and  Resignation  of  Brother  Bellamy 72 

Formation  of  the  Hope  Chapel  (now  Calvarj')  Church 74 

Death  of  Mrs.  Eliza  Bellamy — Call  to  Mount  Morris 75 

Sketch  from  the  pen  of  Brother  Bellamy 76 

Statistics  of  the  Third  Period 82 

PERIOD  IV. 

Call  of  Rev.  S.  Remington 83 

Sketch  of  his  Life 84 

His  Conversion  and  Connection  with  the  M.  E.  Church 88 

Recognition  as  Pastor  of  the  Stanton  street  Church 91 

Death  of  Brother  William  L.  Mangam 93 

Death  of  Deacon  Cowan 102 

Farewell  Missionary  Meeting  to  Kincaid  and  Dawson 10.5 

Deaths  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Noe,  Miss  Malvina  Harris,  and  Mrs. 

Eliza  Ann  Remington 110 

Resignation  of  Brother  Remington Ill 

Death  of  Brother  Washington  Lewis,  and  Removal  of  Brother 

Remington  to  Philadelphia,  etc 113 

Statistics  of  the  Fourth  Period 114 

PERIOD  V. 

Call  of  Bev.  Edward  T.  Hiscox 11.' 

Sketch  of  Brother  H'scox'sLife 118 

His  Baptism  and  Engagement  in  Business 119 

His  Entrance  into  College,  Graduation  and  Marriage 120 

Ministry  at  the  Central  Church,  Norwich,  and  Call  to  Stanton  st.  121 

Reception  of  Members  by  Experience 122 

Meeting  of  Hudson  River  Association  South 124 

Deaths  of  Francis  H.  Palmer  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  Mangam 125 

Revival  of  Religion 127 

Resignation  of  R.  C.  Akerly,  and  Election  of  two  Clerks 128 

Proposition  to  liquidate  Church  Debt 129 

Twenty-fifth  Anniversary  of  the  Opening  of  the  Meeting-house.  131 

Articles  of  Faith  and  the  Covenant 133 

Board  of  Trustees 14G 

Statistical  Tables 148.  I49 

The  Register 151 


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A    HISTORY      '**f*^iiyiiri 


OP  THE 


STMTON  STREET  BAPTIST  CHURCH. 


PEEIOD  I. 

FROM  ORIGIN  TO  CALL  OF  REV.  GEORGE  BENEDICT. 
October  3d,  1823— April  20th,  1831. 

The  beginnings  of  churches,  like  the  com- 
mencement of  some  of  our  noble  American  rivers, 
are  frequently  small  and  obscure ;  but  in  their 
onward  progress  they  increase  in  strength,  ex- 
pand in  Yolume,  and  command  the  attention  of 
large  communities.  Within  the  limits  of  an 
ordinary  lifetime,  and,  indeed,  within  the  recol- 
lection of  many  persons  still  living,  the  events 
here  recorded  have  transpired.  And  it  is  with 
2 


10  HISTORY   OF  THE 

devout  thanksgiving  to  the  Father  of  spirits  that 
this  memorial  of  his  blessing  upon  the. labors  of 
his  people  is  prepared.  It  is  a  history  of  peace- 
ful advance  and  quiet  increase,  through  scenes  of 
sorrow  and  discouragement  as  well  as  of  comfort 
and  of  joy. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1823,  a  num- 
ber of  members  in  good  standing  in  the  Mul- 
berry street  Church,  New  York,  expressed  a 
wish  to  be  dismissed,  for  the  purpose  of  consti- 
tuting a  new  church  in  another  part  of  the  city. 
After  considering  their  request,  the  following 
letter  was  granted  them : 

"  To  ALL  WHOM  IT  MAT  CONCERN :  This  is  to  Cer- 
tify that  the  brethren  and  sisters  whose  names 
are  hereunto  affixed  are  hereby  regularly  dis- 
missed from  the  Baptist  Church  in  Mulberry 
street,  'New  York,  under  the  pastoral  care  of  Kev. 
Archibald  Maclay,  for  the  purpose  of  uniting 
together  in  the  formation  of  a  new  and  regular 
Baptist  Church  in  the  same  city.  And  may  the 
great  Head  of  the  church  crown  their  efforts  with 
success,  and  his  rich  and  effective  blessing ;  that 


STAJTTON   STEEET  BAPTIST   CHTIECH.  11 

they  may  be  built  on  tbe  foundation  of  the  apos- 
tles and  prophets,  Jesus  Christ  being  the  chief 
comer  stone. 

"  Done  by  order  of  the  church. 

"  Wm.  Wnn'EETON. 

"  Church  Clerk, 

"  New  York,  8ej>t.  23cf,  1823. 

"  John  Hazlet,  Michael  !N'oe, 

Zilpah  Hazlet,  Elizabeth  ]S"oe, 

Jane  Hazlet,  Wm.  B.  Swift, 

Stephen  Hyde,  Charlotte  Blakely, 

Catharine  Hyde,  Catharine  Clark, 

Frederick  Patillo,  Mary  Cheeseman, 

Catharine  Patillo,  Hannah  Ashford." 

Immediately  on  receiving  this  letter,  these 
brethren  procured  a  place  to  meet  in,  at  Ko.  63 
Chrystie  street,  then  far  up  town,  and  they  had 
public  worship  the  ensuing  Sunday,  brother  John 
W.  Gibbs  being  the  preacher.  It  was  resolved 
to  engage  brothef  Gibbs  at  the  salary  of  $200 
per  annum,  but  they  subsequently  voted  fifty 
dollars  additional.  A  council  of  the  various  pas- 
tors of  the  Baptist  churches  in  the  city  was  con- 


12  HISTOEY   OF  THE 

vened  at  the  house  of  brother  !N'oe,  Oct.  3d, 
when  the  new  church  submitted  their  Articles  of 
Faith  and  Covenant.  The  Council,  composed  of 
Eev.  A.  Maclaj,  Eev.  C.  G.  Somers,  Eev.  John- 
son Chase,  Eev.  John  Williams,  and  Eev.  Mr. 
Smith,  after  due  deliberation,  resolved  unani- 
mously that  the  brethren  and  sisters  should  be 
recognized  as  a  regular  Baptist  Church.  The 
Council  then  adjourned  to  the  meeting-house, 
when  a  sermon  was  preached  by  Eev.  C.  G. 
Somers,  and  the  hand  of  fellowship  was  given  by 
Eev.  A.  Maclay.  The  new  body  assumed  the 
name  of  The  Union  Baptist  Church,  and  was 
constituted  as  follows : 

John  Hazlet,  Wm.  B.  Swift, 

Zilpah  Hazlet,  Charlotte  Blakely, 

Jane  Hazlet,  Catharine  Clark, 

Stephen  Hyde,  Mary  Cheeseman, 

Catharine  Hyde,  Hannah  Ashford, 

Michael  E'oe,  Frederick  Patillo, 

Elizabeth  Noe,  Ann  Elgreen, 
W.  C.  Dusenbury.^ 

*  The  last  two  names  were  added  to  the  original  number, 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHTTRCH.  13 

Articles  of  Faith. 

"We  wliose  names  are  here  subjoined  having  a 
desire  to  unite  ourselves  in  the  bonds  of  the  Gos- 
pel, that  we  may  be  enabled  to  fulfill  the  ordi- 
nances of  Christ,  and  those  duties  toward  each 
other  which  the  Lord  himself  has  enjoined  on 
all  his  followers,  conceive  as  a  preliminary  step, 
that  our  views  of  the  doctrines  of  the  Lord  and 
his  ordinances  as  we  believe  them  set  forth  in 
his  word,  should  be  committed  to  paper,  that  no 
individual  who  may  have  his  name  recorded 
may  plead  ignorance  of  the  fact. 

Article  1. — ^We  believe  the  Scriptures  of  the 
Old  and  New  Testament  to  be  the  word  of 
God,  given  by  inspiration,  and  that  they  are  to 
be  our  only  rule  of  faith  and  practice. 

Article  2. — There  is  but  one  living  and  true 
God,  who  is  the  creator,  upholder,  and  preserver 

making  six  males  and  nine  females.  The  name  of  Mrs.  Patillo 
seems  to  have  been  omitted  by  a  clerical  error.  Mrs.  Hannah 
Ashford,  and  Mrs.  Ann  Elgreen  are  the  only  constituent  mem- 
bers remaining  with  us  at  the  close  of  1859.  Both  have  been 
widows  for  many  years. 

2* 


14  HISTORY   OF  THE 

of  all  things  (sin  excepted),  the  only  King  of  kings 
and  Lord  of  lords ;  and  that  lawful  adoration  can 
be  paid  to  him  alone :  the  disposer  of  all  events 
and  things  visible  and  invisible ;  and  that  in  the 
Godhead  there  are  three  persons,  the  Father, 
Son,  and  Holj  Ghost,  the  same  in  essence, 
power,  might,  majesty  and  dominion. 

Article  3. — God  made  man  in  his  own  image, 
free  from  sin,  placed  him  in  a  state  of  happiness, 
gave  him  a  law  to  govern  his  actions,  and  con- 
descended to  hold  communion  with  him :  that 
man  being  in  honor  abode  not,  but  transgressed 
the  law,  fell  from  a  state  of  innocence  and 
entailed  the  curse  of  God  on  all  his  posterity,  of 
which  he  stood  the  representative. 

Article  4. — ^That  before  the  foundation  of  the 
world,  the  eternal  God,  seeing  that  man  by  his  dis- 
obedience would  become  a  curse  on  the  earth,  and 
totally  depraved,  devised  a  plan  of  deliverance, 
through  his  Son  Jesus  Christ,  who  became  the 
author  of  eternal  salvation  to  all  his  chosen,  agree- 
ably to  Ephesians,  1st  chap.,  4:th  and  5th  verses. 

Article  5. — According  to  the  determination 
of   God,  the  Saviour  made  his  appearance  as 


STAUTON  STEEET  BAPTIST  CHUECH.  15 

mediator,  and  after  having  fulfilled  the  law,  suf- 
fered the  penalty  for  his  guilty  people,  that  they 
might  not  only  be  delivered  from  the  cm-se  of 
the  law  and  their  bondage  to  sin,  but  be  likewise 
partakers  of  his  heavenly  glory. 

Aeticle  6. — It  is  God  alone,  without  the 
intervention  of  man,  that  produces  a  change  in 
the  sinner's  heart,  whereby  he  is  enabled  to  see 
his  sinful,  lost,  and  ruined  condition,  and  by 
faith  to  lay  hold  of  the  Lord  Jesus  as  an  all-suf- 
ficient Saviour ;  and  being  thus  renewed  and  jus- 
tified by  his  grace  through  the  redemption  that 
is  in  Christ  Jesus,  will  be  preserved  in  a  state  of 
grace  until  death,  and  then  be  received  into  glory. 

Aeticle  T. — That  the  ordinances  of  the  Gos- 
pel to  be  observed  by  all  professing  Christians, 
are  Baptism,  and  the  Lord's  Supper;  to  be 
administered  to  .such  only  as  have  made  a  profes- 
sion of  his  name,  and  their  faith  in  Christ. 

Aeticle  8. — For  a  right  administration  of  the 
ordinance  of  Baptism  it  is  necessary  that  the 
individual  be  completely  immersed  in  water  by 
a  person  duly  qualified. 

Article  9. — The  ordinance  of  the  supper  to 


16  '  HISTOEY  OF  THE 

be  observed  on  tbe  first  day  of  the  week,  the 
elements  to  be  bread  and  wine,  the  officiator  to 
be  an  ordained  Baptist  minister,  and  none  but 
baptized  believers  to  be  partakers  thereof. 

Akticle  10. — ^We  believe  that  there  will  be  a 
general  judgment  at  the  last  day,  when  the  Lord 
Jesus  will  descend  from  heaven  with  a  shout  and 
with  the  voice  of  the  Archangel  and  the  trump 
of  God,  revealing  himself  in  flaming  fire,  taking 
vengeance  on  those  that  know  not  God,  and  that 
everlasting  destruction  from  his  presence  will  be 
the  portion  of  their  cup,  while  at  the  same  time 
he  will  be  glorified  in  his  saints,  and  admired 
in  all  them  that  believe,  and  take  them  to  him- 
self into  the  mansions  of  eternal  rest  prepared 
for  them  before  the  foundation  of  the  world. 

Article  11. — Believing  ourselves  to  be  imper- 
fect creatures,  liable  to  err  in  the  grand  truths  of 
the  Gospel,  we  have  thought  proper  to  state  that 
if  anything  in  these  articles  should  hereafter 
appear  to  clash  with  the  word  of  God,  the  same 
is  left  open  for  amendment,  two-thirds  of  the 
members  concurring  therein. 

CovENAin'. — Having  mutually  given  ourselves 


STAirrON  STREET  BAPTIST   CHUECH.  17 

to  eacli  other  and  the  Lord,  we  do  also  agree  to 
the  articles  herein  contained. 

Praying  that  the  great  Head  of  the  Church 
will  watch  over  us,  and  direct  our  councils,  and 
guide  our  feet  in  the  way  of  righteousness,  and 
through  grace  enable  us  to  keep  the  unity  of  the 
spirit  in  the  bond  of  peace,  we  do  hereby  sub- 
scribe our  names. 

John  Hazlet  was  chosen  church  clerk,  and  on 
the  26th  of  October  brother  N"oe  was  elected 
deacon,  "without  opposition."  Letters  of  dis- 
mission were  presented  from  time  to  time,  not 
only  from  Mulberry  street  but  from  the  First 
Baptist  Church,  in  Gold  street,  then  and  for  many 
years  under  the  pastoral  care  of  Eev.  "Wm.  Park- 
inson. On  Lord's  day,  I^oy,  2nd,  Ann  Hulse 
was  proposed  for  baptism,  and  she  was  the  first 
believer  baptized  into  the  fellowship  of  the  newly 
formed  church.  It  was  soon  ascertained  that  the 
salary  of  brother  Gibbs  was  not  sufficient  for  his 
support,  but  as  the  little  flock  felt  unable  to 
increase  it,  they  voted,  on  the  30th  of  Il^ovember, 
to  release  him  from  his  engagement,  and  to  pro- 


18 


HISTORY   OF  THE 


cure  such  gratuitous  supplies  as  they  could. 
After  brother  Gibbs  resigned,  they  had  preach- 
ing by  Messrs.  Williams,  Chase,  Martin,  and 
Hawley  of  Brooklyn ;  but  the  congregation  did 
not  increase,  in  consequence  of  the  uncertainty 
in  supplying  the  pulpit.  Brother  JSToe  was  fre- 
quently called  to  speak  on  Lord's  day  morning, 
and  the  church  appeared  much  edified  thereby. 
The  brethren  were  united,  and  peace  and  com- 
fort seemed  to  be  enjoyed  by  all  the  members. 

Overtures  were  made  to  the  Kev.  Mr.  Martin, 
but  as  he  had  accepted  a  call  to  Staten  Island, 
the  church  turned  their  attention  to  Mr.  Hawley, 
but  failing  to  secure  his  services,  the  pulpit  con- 
tinued to  be  supplied  through  the  exertions  of 
the  brethren.  On  the  16th  of  April,  1824,  they 
voted  a  license  to  Deacon  !N"oe  to  preach  the 
Gospel,  and  soon  afterward  (April  23d)  they 
chose  Andrew  Seger  and  Frederick  Patillo  as 
deacons.  About  this  time  the  Church  moved  to 
the  school-room  over  the  watch-house,  in  El- 
dridge  street,  but  the  entrance  was  disagreeable, 
and  the  surroundings  decidedly  unpleasant.  It 
was  difficult  to  get  ministers  to  preach  in  this 


STAitrON  STREET  BAPTIST  CHtTRCH.  19 

room,  and  the  brethren  were  compelled  to  make 
other  arrangements.  At  this  point  in  their 
history,  Mr.  Chase  called  their  attention  to  the 
Rev.  Samnel  Eastmanj  of  Kentnckjj  who  had 
been  preaching  for  Rev.  A,  Maclajj  in  Mulberry 
street,  for  a  time,  and  Mr.  E.  was  invited  to 
preach  for  them.  He  did  so  with  great  accept- 
ance, and  it  was  unanimously  agreed  to  give 
him  a  call  to  become  the  pastor  of  the  church. 
This  call  was  accepted,  and  brother  Eastman 
entered  upon  his  labors  in  the  summer  of  1824. 
In  July,  they  voted — ^unanimously,  as  usual — to 
connect  themselves  with  the  Hudson  Eiver 
Association,  and  that  vote  has  never  been  re- 
called to  this  day.  The  number  of  members  at 
this  time  was  only  twenty-four. 

The  Eev.  Samuel  Eastman  was  bom  at  Lan- 
daff,  Grafton  Co.,  Kew  Hampshire,  October  1st, 
1788.  The  early  part  of  his  life  was  spent  at 
home  in  agricultural  pursuits,  and  in  the  district 
schools  and  academies  in  the  vicinity.  From  a 
very  early  period  he  had  a  passionate  fondness 
for  books,  and  of  course  he  eagerly  read  all  that 
he  could  obtain.      These  aided  greatly  in  ex- 


20  mSTOEY  OF  THE 

panding  his  mind  and  preparing  him  for  that  field 
of  usefulness  which  he  was  destined  one  day  to 
enter.  At  the  close  of  the  war,  in  1815,  being  then 
twenty-seven  years  of  age,  he  undertook  a  jour- 
ney to  the  western  country,  visiting  Cincinnati, 
Columbus,  etc.  While  in  Urbana  County  he  was 
attacked  with  "  the  long  fever,"  as  it  was  then 
called,  and  for  forty  days  his  life  was  despaired 
of.  A  year  passed  before  he  recovered  suffi- 
ciently to  leave  the  place.  But  this  long  and 
painful  visitation  was  not  without  its  influence 
npon  his  future  course,  for  there  his  deep  con- 
victions of  sin  commenced,  and  his  restless 
anxiety  for  the  things  that  perish  was  changed 
into  an  abiding  concern  for  the  things  that 
endure  to  eternity.  He  now  descended  the 
Ohio  and  Mississippi  Eivers  to  'Natchez,  where 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  the  Rev.  Benjamin 
Davis,  in  conducting  a  large  school  on  the  then 
popular  Lancasterian  system.  The  enterprise 
was  highly  successful,  but  it  failed  to  satisfy  the 
mind  of  Mr.  Eastman.  On  the  13th  of  April,  1817, 
he  was  baptized  in  the  Mississippi  River,  "  where 
there  is  much  water,"  by  Elder  Davis.    He  was 


'  STANTON  STEEET  BAPTIST  CHUECH.  21 

almost  immediately  summoned  by  the  chiirch  to 
exercise  his  gifts  with  a  view  to  the  ministry, 
and  he  soon  after  received  a  temporary  license 
to  preach  the  Gospel.    Though  long  a  careful 
Bible  reader,  he  yet  felt  unprepared  to  enter 
fully  into  the  work  without  further  study  and 
preparation.     He  accordingly  left  ITatchez  for 
Philadelphiaj   cheered    by  the    commendations 
and  blessings   of  the  church.     On  his  way  he 
preached    several  times    for    the  kind-hearted 
Eeynoldson,  of  l^ew  Orleans,  and  afterward  in 
New  York,  for  "  good  old  Father  "Williams,  of 
blessed  memory."     At  Philadelphia  he  placed 
himself  at   once  under  the  instruction  of  Dr. 
Staughton,  pastor  of  the  Sansom  street  Church, 
and  widely  known  as  an  eloquent  pulpit  orator. 
Uniting    with     the    Sansom     street     Church, 
brother    Eastman  enjoyed   the    tuition    of   its 
revered     pastor     for     nearly    two    years,    and 
preached  under  his  direction  from  time  to  time. 
Besides  the  advantages  to  be  derived  from  the 
instructions  of  so  kind  and  capable  a  teacher,  the 
treasures  of  his  large  and  well-selected  library 
were  open  to  the  student,  and  he  also  became 
3 


£3  msTost  of  TSE 

acquainted  with  the  order  and  discipline  of  a 
large,  intelligent,  and    well^'regulated    chnrcli* 
Brother  Eastman  was  set  apart  to  the  full  work 
of  the  ministry  by  ordination,  September  22dj 
1818)  the  customary  serrices  being  conducted  by 
Br.  Wm;  StaughtoUj  Rer,  James  McLaughlin, 
Eev.  John  Peckworthj  Rev.  Eichard  Proudfoot 
and  Eev*  Ira  Chase.    Having  received  an  ap- 
pointment from  the  Baptist  Board  for  Foreign 
Missions  to  labor  in  the  States  of  Mississippi  and 
Louisiana,  he  returned   to    I^atchez,  preached 
there  some  time,  and  at  other  places  on  "  the 
father  of  waters,"  and  finally  settled  at  IS'atchi* 
toches,  on  the  Red  River.    There  he  preached  the 
first  Protestant  sermon   ever   delivered  in   the 
place*     Brother  E.'s  knowledge  of  public  in- 
struction was  of  use  to  him  in  this  field,  for  though 
people  were  willing  to  hear  but  one  sermon  a 
week,  they  gladly  paid  the  preacher  $2,000  per 
annum  for  superintending  their  seminary.     This 
enabled  him  to  labor  without  drawing  on  the 
Missionary  Board  for  his  support.      But    the 
climate  was  against  him.    He  had  passed  through 
the  ordeal  of  the  yellow  fever  at  St.  FrancisviUe, 


STAiraON  STREET  BAPTIST   CHUECH.  23 

and  now  he  was  prostrated  again  with  an  epi- 
demic of  that  sickly  latitude — delirium  super- 
vened, and  it  was  thought  that  death  was  at 
hand.     With  his  first  convalescence  he  started 
for  the  !N"orth,  on  board  of  a  steamer,  and  soon 
landed  in  Cincinnati.    There  the  cause  was  at  a 
low  ebb ;  but  he  went  to  work  again  with   a 
hopeful  heart,   preaching   at  first  in  a  school- 
house,  in  the  suburbs  of  the  city,  to  a  little  party. 
But  the  congregation  increased,  the  Spirit  of  the 
Lord  was  poured  out,  sinners  were  converted, 
great  multitudes  flocked  to  see  them  baptized  in 
the  Ohio,  and  a  new  meeting-house  was  built, 
paid  for,  and  filled  with  a  permanent  congrega- 
tion.    But  these  severe  labors  proved  too  much 
for  the  abeady  broken  health  of  brother  E.,  and 
he  was  compelled  again  to  seek  restoration.    A 
year  was  passed  in   quiet  at  the  Harrodsburg 
Springs,  in  Kentucky,  with  benefit,  and  he  w^ 
still  further  strengthened  by  a  long  journey  on 
horseback,  in  the  month  of  March,  from  Harrods- 
burg, across  the  Alleghany  Mountains,  to  Philadel- 
phia. Thence  he  came  to  this  city,  and  then  began 
his  acquaintance  with  the  little  Union  Church. 


24  HISTORY   OF  THE 

Althougli  brother  Gibbs  had  served  the  body 
from  its  formation ;  yet,  as  he  was  not  then  an 
ordained  minister,  brother  Eastman  must  be 
regarded  as  the  first  pastor  of  the  church.  Soon 
after  his  coming,  efforts  were  made  to  secure 
lots  on  which  to  build  a  suitable  meeting-house  ; 
but  the  brethren  were  still  too  weak  to  undertake 
so  expensive  an  enterprise. 

The  minutes  for  the  year  1824  conclude  as 
follows : 

"  We  have  now  closed  the  year ;  none  of  our 
members  have  left  us,  and  but  one  has  grieved 
us.  He,  however,  has  been  brought  to  his  right 
mind,  and  walks  consistent  with  his  profession. 
Brother  Hazlet  was  chosen  clerk  for  the  year 
coming." 

There  appears  to  have  been  no  church  meeting 
for  business  until  March  of  the  next  year  (1825). 
^t  this  meeting  brother  Eastman's  letter  from 
the  Simpson's  Creek  Church,  Kentucky,  was 
received,  and  the  right  hand  of  fellowship  was 
given  by  brother  ISToe.*     At  the  same  meeting 

*  Brother  IToe  died  on  Friday  morning,  October  21st,  1859, 
aged  76  years  and  21  days. 


STANTON  STEEET  BAPTIST  CHTJECH.  25 

several  other  persons  were  received  by  letter 
from  the  Anthony  street  and  Delancy  street 
churches,  and  the  chnrch  in  Brooklyn. 

For  a  short  time  the  little  band  met  in  the 
school-room  in  Mott  street ;  but  this  was  incon- 
venient, and,  after  vainly  seeking  a  better  loca- 
tion, they  reluctantly  returned  to  the  watch- 
house.  In  June,  however,  an  opportunity 
offered  for  securing  a  more  favorable  place  in  the 
Bowery,  now  Military  Hall,  and  the  new  room 
was  rented  for  $300  per  year.  The  first  case  of 
discipline  occurred  in  October,  1825,  at  the  close 
of  the  second  year  of  trial  and  patience  on  the 
part  of  the  hopeful  body  of  disciples,  who  were 
striving  to  sustain  and  diffuse  light  in  a  dark 
place.  But  their  struggles  were  not  yet  over, 
and  by  June  of  the  next  year  it  was  ascertained 
that  they  were  in  debt  some  $275.  They 
accordingly  notified  their  pastor  and  the  owner 
of  the  room  of  their  inability  to  pay  them  the 
amounts  originally  agreed  upon.  But  with  the 
beginning  of  the  next  year  the  prospect  began  to 
brighten,  and  for  many  months  the  little  church 
was  cheered  by  the  outpouring  of  the  Holy 
3* 


26  mSTOEY  OF  THE 

Spirit.  At  the  regular  meeting,  in  January, 
1827,  Benjamin  M.  Thompson  and  three  others 
related  their  Christian  experiences,  and  were  re- 
ceived as  candidates  for  baptism.  For  some 
unexplained  reason  the  baptism  was  deferred 
until  Sunday,  March  4th,  when  fourteen  persons 
were  immersed  in  the  Hudson  River,  at  ten 
o'clock  A.M.,  near  a  gentleman's  country-seat. 
The  scene  is  represented  as  having  been  ex- 
ceedingly impressive.  The  good  work  went  for- 
ward, so  that  on  the  first  of  April  the  pastor 
baptized  six  persons  more  in  the  same  place. 
Ten  days  afterward,  the  church  listened  to  the 
experiences  of  seven  converts — among  whom 
were  James  Cowan,  Octavius  Winslow,  IMrs.  Mar- 
garet Wallace  and  Mary  Cox ;  the  last  two  are 
still  members  with  us,  after  a  lapse  of  nearly 
one-third  of  a  century.  The  above,  with  nine 
others,  were  baptized  in  the  Hudson,  May  6th,  at 
four  o'clock  P.M.  On  the  27th  of  September, 
brother  Elijah  B.  Loomis  was  chosen  deacon, 
and  a  letter  of  dismission  was  granted  to  Mrs. 
Mary  Winslow,  to  unite  with  Bev.  Dr.  Bippon's 
Church,  in  London.    Brother  Loomis  departed 


STAirrON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHUECH.  27 

this  life  in  tlie  spring  of  1859,  having  been  faith- 
ful and  consistent  unto  death.  Mrs.  "Winslow 
was  born  at  St.  George's,  Bermuda,  on  the  28th 
of  February,  1774,  and  it  was  on  Tuesday  eve- 
ning, October  3d,  1854,  that  she  entered  into 
rest,  closing  her  long  pilgrimage  of  fourscore 
years  with  "  a  cloudless  death."  An  interesting 
memoir  of  this  estimable  Christian  lady  has  been 
prepared  by  her  son,  Octavius  Winslow,  D.D., 
and  it  has  just  been  republished  in  this  country. 
A  letter  was  received  from  Dr.  W.  during  the 
preparation  of  this  work,  expressing  his  con- 
tinued attachment  to  the  church,  and  undi- 
minished interest  in  her  welfare. 

Brother  "Winslow  was  licensed  to  preach  the 
Gospel  at  the  church  meeting  in  October,  1827, 
and  the  license  was  forwarded  to  him  in  England, 
where  he  was  pursuing  his  studies. 

In  October,  1828,  John  Hazlet,  Samuel  Eust, 
ai;id  James  Cowan,  were  chosen  the  first  Board 
of  Trustees,  and  on  the  4th  of  November,  bro- 
ther Humphrey  Phelps  was  chosen  church  clerk 
in  place  of  brother  Hazlet,  who  resigned  the 
office.     December   23d,  1829,  brother    Phelps 


28  HISTOEY   OF  THE 

was  elected  deacon  (the  cliiircli  at  that  time  cele- 
brating the  ordinance  of  the  Lord's  Supper  in  the 
evening),  and  in  February,  1830,  brother  Phelps 
resigned  the  clerkship,  and  was  succeeded  by 
brother  Timothy  Evans,  he  being  the  third  in 
that  office.  In  May,  for  the  first  time,  the  har- 
mony of  the  body  was  somewhat  disturbed,  and 
some  of  the  older  members  "  left  the  church  in 
great  disorder."  But  the  brethren  were  faithful, 
and  they  proceeded  promptly  to  discipline  the 
offending  members.  Brother  Evans  resigning 
the  clerkship  in  June,  the  church  chose  brother 
John  L.  Everett  to  succeed  him. 

The  faithful  still  found  opportunity  to  labor 
for  souls,  and  their  efforts  were  blessed.  They 
reported  to  the  Association  fourteen  baptisms, 
two  receptions  by  experience,  one  by  letter,  three 
dismissions,  and  six  withdrawals  of  the  hand  of 
fellowship,  making  their  number  one  hundred 
and  twenty-nine. 

The  pastor  was  now  taken  down  with  the  small 
pox.  This  disease,  however,  had  no  sooner  run  its 
course  than  he  was  seized  with  the  liver  com- 
plaint, and  then  with  bleeding  at  the  lungs,  the 


STANTON   STEEET  BAPTIST   CBUECH.  29 

loss  of  his  voice,  and  the  complete  prostration  of 
his  physical  powers.  "This,"  writes  brother 
Eastman,  "  rendered  it  improbable  that  I  should 
ever  again  be  able  to  speak  in  public.  Under 
these  circnmstances,"  he  continues,  "  I  left  the 
city  of  ^ew  York  a  mere  wreck  of  humanity,  and 
directed  my  feeble  steps  toward  the  granite  hills 
of  E'ew  Hampshire,  anxious  to  find  a  calm  rest- 
ing-place or  a  speedy  grave  in  the  peaceful 
shades  of  my  native  place." 

Immediately  after  the  resignation  of  brother 
Eastman,  which  took  place  on  "Wednesday  even- 
ing, November  24th,  1830,  the  church  began  to 
look  after  another  pastor.  They  however  were 
compelled  to  change  their  place  of  meeting  seve- 
ral times  before  they  were  in  a  condition  to  pro- 
ceed in  the  divine  work.  After  removing  from 
Mott  street,  where  they  had  worshiped  about  a 
year,  they  returned  to  the  place  in  the  Bowery 
where  they  had  formerly  met ;  but  this  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire  before  they  had  occupied  it  one 
month."^    "  They  were  then  blessed,"  says  their 

*  Nine  members  were  received  at  a  meeting  in  a  private 


30  HISTORY   OF  THE 

letter  to  the  Association,  "  with  an  opportunity 
of  meeting  in  a  place  in  Elizabeth  street,  where 
Elder  Miller's  congregation  had  formerly  met," 
and  on  the  first  of  May  they  occupied  the  little 
meeting-house  then  standing  on  the  corner  of 
Houston  and  Forsyth  streets. 

For  the  space  of  two  years,  brother  Eastman's 
prostration  continued.  He  gradually  recovered, 
however,  and  in  the  third  year  he  began  to 
preach  occasionally ;  and  in  the  fifth,  being  urged 
to  do  so,  he  consented  to  take  the  pastoral  charge 
of  the  church  in  Kutland,  Vermont,  for  one  year. 
After  remaining  here  eighteen  months,  he  labored 
with  the  Grafton  Church,  with  which  he  united 
by  letter  from  Stanton  street.  He  then  labored 
about  four  years  with  the  Haverhill  and  Mere- 
dith Tillage  churches,  in  New  Hampshire,  spend- 
ing about  half  the  time  with  each. 

Brother  Eastman  was  for  the  last  thirteen  years 
of  his  life  a  resident  of  Wisconsin,  where,  to  use 
his  own  words,  he  "  preached  here  and  there  in 
the  new  country  as  opportunity  offered,  but  re- 
house, after  the  burning  of  their  place  of  worship  in  the 
Bowery. 


STAKTON  gl^EKf  SAPTIST  CfitJECS.  31 

fusing,  on  account  of  poorness  of  healthj  to  take 
the  pastoral  charge  of  any  cliurclii  I  am  now," 
he  wrote  shortly  before  his  death^  "  in  the  si:^ty-' 
ninth  year  of  my  age,  blessed  with  an  easy  com- 
petence of  the  good  things  of  this  life,  constantly 
reminded  of  my  approaching  dissolution  by  in* 
firmities  of  bodyj  calmly  waiting  the  will  of  God 
till  my  change  shall  come,  confidently  relying  on 
the  merits  of  Christ  for  the  salvation  of  my  soul, 
turning  off  my  thoughts  from  this  troublesome 
world,  and  looking  forward  to  the  wonderful  dis* 
closures  of  the  world  to  come." 

For  some  months  preceding  his  departure^ 
brother  Eastman's  health  had  been  unusually  good) 
and  his  correspondence  with  us  afforded  him 
evident  satisfaction.  His  last  illness  was  only  of 
a  fortnight's  duration,  but  he  met  death  with  for- 
titude and  serenity.  A  few  months  previous  to 
his  last  sickness,  the  pulpit  of  the  Baptist  Church 
in  Elkhom,  "Wisconsin,  the  place  of  his  residence, 
became  vacant,  and  he  offered  to  fill  it  gratui- 
tojisly  on  condition  that  the  amount  of  salary  be 
devoted  to  repairing  and  improving  the  house  of 
worship.    He  appeared  very  desirous  to  promote 


32  mSTOEY  0^  THE 

the  religious  interests  of  the  comnmnity  in  which 
his  closing  days  were  passed,  and  his  earnestness 
in  the  pulpit  was  ably  seconded  by  a  series  of 
energetic  articles  in  the  local  press,  all  presenting 
the  importance  and  necessity  of  a  religious  life. 
In  the  midst  of  these  labors,  his  last  ilLuess  com- 
menced ;  a  severe  cold  following  his  final  effort 
in  the  pulpit.  From  the  beginning  he  was  im- 
pressed that  this  sickness  would  be  unto  death, 
and  he  made  all  his  arrangements  accordingly. 
He  died  on  Saturday,  April  ITth,  1858,  having 
almost  completed  his  pilgrimage  of  three  score 
years  and  ten.  His  departure  was  at  sunset — 
one  of  those  glorious  western  sunsets — of  a  calm, 
bright,  beautiful  day.  His  last  moments  were 
unattended  with  pain,  and  he  passed  gently  to 
his  rest.  "  As  I  turned  (writes  his  son-in-law) 
from  witnessing  his  sinking  away,  the  sun  was 
just  disappearing  in  the  golden  west."  A  large 
concourse  gathered  in  the  Baptist  church,  where 
he  had  so  recently  officiated,  on  Monday,  at  ten 
o'clock  A.M.,  and  the  funeral  sermon  was  preached 
by  Elder  Bright,  from  Ecclesiastes,  ix.  10. 
Other  clergymen  participated  in  the  services,  and 


8TAKT0N  STREET  BAPTIST  CHOECS.  33 

then  the  remains  were  attended  to  the  railroad 
station  by  the  citizens  of  Elkhorn.  The  four  re- 
sident ministers  of  the  place  and  fonr  deacons 
accompanied  to  Eochester,  where,  after  singing 
bj  the  choir,  and  appropriate  remarks  by  Kev. 
E.  E.  Snow,  Congregational  minister  of  Water- 
ford,  the  body  was  committed  to  its  kindred 
dust.  His  death  was  appropriately  noticed  in 
the  papers  of  his  vicinity,  by  those  in  Ohio,  and 
in  this  city.  One  of  the  Elkhorn  editors  remarks : 
"  His  friends  will  miss  the  familiar  voice  and 
gray  hairs  in  the  home  circle.  The  young  min- 
ister and  the  young  professor  who  were  wont  to 
go  to  him,  will  miss  his  words  of  wisdom  and  con- 
solation in  the  hour  of  trouble.  All  will  miss 
himP 

From  a  notice  in  the  "  American  Baptist,''  we 
quote  the  following  passage :  "  He  died  with  a 
sermon  undelivered,  which  he  had  prepared  for 
an  interesting  occasion."  * 

"  Elder  Eastman  was  a  man  of  vigorous  Intel- 

*  This  was  on  reopening  the  meeting-house  at  Elkhorn,  after 
the  repairs  abeady  alluded  to. 

4 


34  MiS'tOfelf  O'E*  TttE 

lect,  of  practical  mind,  of  varied  talent,  and  of 
sterling  integrity.  As  a  preacher,  lie  was  argu- 
liientatiVe,  instructive  and  forcible — often  feeling 
and  eloquent.  As  a  writer,  he  possessed  strong 
powers  of  condensation,  presenting  mucli  in  brief 
space  and  forcible  terms. 

"  Severe  in  his  strictures  upon  vice,  wroilg  and 
oppression,  in  his  public  discourses,  as  in  private 
life,  the  same  wai'm  selisibilities  often  impelled 
the  tones  of  the  tenderest  sympathy  and  the 
Voice  of  touching  eloquence. 

"  Firm  and  decided  as  an  opponent,  as  a  friend 
he  was  most  congenial,  combining  often,  in  pri* 
Vate  life,  conversation  most  cheerful,  entertain* 
ing  and  instructive,  and  often  a  child-like  sim- 
plicity, with  a  gentlemanly  dignity  that  com- 
manded the  most  affectionate  respect. 

" '  And  I  heard  a  voice  from  heaven  saying 
unto  me  write  t  Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die 
in  the  Lord  from  henceforth;  yea,  saith  the 
Spirit,  that  they  may  rest  from  their  labors,  and 
their  works  do  follow  them.'  " 

It  remains  to  be  added  that  the  widow  and 


STAKTON   STEEET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  60 

only  cMld  of  brother  E.  survive  liira,  and  that 
to  the  kindness  of  Mr,  Eichard  E.  Ela,  his  son- 
in-law,  of  Eo Chester,  Wis.,  we  are  indebted  for 
many  interesting  facts  and  reminiscences.  A 
faithful  daguerreotype  of  the  venerable  man 
hangs  in  our  East  Eoom,  adjoining  the  pulpit. 

"  Allow  me,"  says  brother  Eastman,  in  one  of 
the  last  letters  he  ever  wrote,  describing  the 
good  feeling  that  existed  in  his  day,  "to  hope 
and  trust  that  this  spirit  of  love  has  continued 
to  exist  among  you  to  the  present  moment,  and 
that  you  now  realize  how  good  and  how  pleasant 
it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  unity." 

In  the  first  three  years  of  our  history  only 
three  persons  were  received  by  baptism,  and 
but  two  dismissed  by  letter ;  in  the  next  three 
years,  ninety-seven  were  baptized.  It  is  some- 
what remarkable  that  not  a  death  occurred  from 
the  formation  of  the  body,  in  1823,  until  1832. 

Tlie  Eev.  Octavius  "Winslow,  having  returned 
to  this  country,  was  chosen  moderator  of  the 
various  church-meetings  held  from  the  time  of 
brother  Eastman's  resigning  until  his  successor 
was  chosen. 


36 


HISTORY   OF  THE 


Changes  during  the  First  Period, 


ADDED  BY 

DIMINISH'D  BY 

YEARS. 

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1 

a 

1 

t 

i 

•3 

■3 

X 

« 

n 

>A 

M 

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^ 

^ 

1 

1823  to  1824,.... 

1 

7 

0 

8 

1824  to  1825, 

1 

.  4 

0 

5 

1825  to  1826,.... 

1 

7 

0 

8 

1 

1 

2 

1826  to  1827,.... 

47 

2 

0 

49 

2 

1 

3 

1827  to  1828, 

36 

5 

0 

41 

13 

2 

15 

1828  to  1829, 

14 

5 

0 

19 

4 

1 

5 

1829  to  1830,.... 

14 

1 

2 

17 

3 

6 

9 

1830  to  1831, 

Total, 

10 

0 

0 

10 

7 

0 

7 

124 

31 

2 

157 

30 

11 

41 

Original  number, 16 

Gain 157 


Loss, 


173 
41 


132 


STANTON   STEEET   BAPTIST   CHURCH.  37 


PEKIOD  n. 

MINISTRY  OF  THE  REV.  GEORGE  BENEDICT. 
April  20th,  1831 — ^February  1st,  1841. 

On  Monday,  the  Tth  day  of  March,  1831, 
a  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  church  was 
held,  the  Kev.  Octavius  Winslow  being  chair- 
man, and  James  Cowan  secretary.  At  this  meet- 
ing, the  Eev.  G.  Benedict  was  invited,  by  a 
unanimous  vote,  to  become  the  pastor  of  the 
church;  and  on  the  decision  being  communi- 
cated to  him,  he,  in  a  short  address,  accepted  the 
call.  In  April  he  removed  to  the  city,  in  com- 
pliance with  this  cordial  invitation,  though  the 
body,  being  small  and  weak  (110  members), 
could  offer  a  salary  of  only  five  hundred  dollars; 
yet  brother  B.  came  in  the  spirit  of  his  Master, 
and  looked  for  the  recompense  of  reward  in 
another  world.  At  a  meeting  of  the  church  held 
April  20th,  1831,  brother  Benedict  and  his  wife 
presented  letters  of  dismission  from  the  Second 

4* 


§8  HISTORY   OF  THE 

Baptist  ChiTrcli  in  Danbury,  and  on  tlie  same 
being  deceived,  it  was  voted  tbat  brother  H. 
Phelps  give  the  right  hand  of  fellowship  to  the 
new  pastor,  which  he  did  in  a  few  appropriate 
remarks. 

The  Eev.  George  Benedict  was  born  at  South 
East,  Dutchess  County,  ISTew  York,  April  15th, 
1795,  during  a  temporary  visit  of  his  parents 
there.  In  a  few  weeks  he  was  removed  to  the 
family  residence  in  Danbury,*  Conn.,  and  in  the 
common  schools  of  that  village  he  acquired  the 
rudiments  of  a  good  education.  His  youth 
glided  away  in  rural  pursuits  common  to  those 
of  his  age  and  station,  and  in  1817  he  made  a 
public  profession  of  religion,  being  baptized  into 
the  fellowship  of  the  Second  Baptist  Church  in 
Danbury,  on  the  21st  of  September,  by  the  Eev. 
Oliver  Tuttle,  pastor.  In  this,  brother  Benedict 
departed  from  the  faith  of  his  fathers,  and  it  is 
evident  that,  though  now  in  his  twenty-third 
year,  this  step  cost  him  a  severe  struggle,  and 

*  Danbury  (Pahquioque)  was  first  settled  by  eight  famiKes, 
in  1685,  two  of  them  being  Benedicts. — Lossing^s  Field  Book  of 
the  Revolutioiiy  Vol.  1,  p.  400. 


STA2ST0N   STREET  BAPTIST   CHTJECH.  39 

was  only  taken  in  obedience  to  the  dictates  of 
an  enlightened  conscience.  He  had  been  con- 
victed Tinder  a  sermon  preached  in  his  father's 
honse  by  the  'Rev.  Abner  Brnndage,  of  Brook- 
field,  Conn.  It  was  not  long  after  his  conversion 
before  he  was  deeply  impressed  to  preach  the 
Gospel ;  but  in  his  own  view  being  utterly  unfit, 
he  left  the  place  and  removed  his  family  to  !N'ew 
York.  Here  he  remained  some  six  months,  and 
a  like  period  at  Rah  way,  I^.  J. ;  but  while  there 
he  received  the  unanimous  call  of  the  Danbury 
Church  to  become  their  pastor.  This  presented 
the  question  of  duty  in  an  entirely  new  light, 
and  the  path  was  now  so  plain  that  he  could 
no  longer  refuse  to  enter  it.  He  had  been 
licensed  to  preach  on  the  12th  of  May,  1822 ;  he 
delivered  his  first  sermon  before  the  church  at 
Danbury,  August  6th,  1823,  and  was  publicly 
recognized  as  its  pastor  on  the  following  day. 
In  great  faithfulness,  he  preached  unto  them 
nearly  eight  years.  His  salary  was  but  one  hun- 
dred dollars  per  annum,  and  he  labored  through 
the  week  for  the  support  of  his  family.  Upon 
entering  his  more  extended  field  of  labor  in  the 


40  HISTOEY   OF  THE 

city,  he  gained  the  confidence  of  all,  and  early 
acquired  that  hold  on  the  affections  of  the  people 
which  continued  through  life.  Crowds  filled  the 
little  wooden  meeting-house  at  the  corner  of 
I^orth  (now  Houston)  and  Forsyth  streets,  and 
after  occupying  it  for  two  years,  they  accepted 
the  invitation  of  the  Bethel  Baptist  Church  in 
Delancy  street  (corner  of  Chrystie),  Eev.  "Wm. 
G.  Miller,  pastor,  to  meet  with  them  until  the 
erection  of  a  house  for  themselves. 

The  initial  steps  to  this  enterprise  were  taken 
at  the  church  meeting  in  December,  1832,  upon 
a  recommendation  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  At 
this  time  only  about  §1,000  had  been  subscribed 
toward  procuring  the  desired  premises;  but  a 
venerable  member  of  the  Amity  street  Church, 
Deacon  John  Bowen,  still  living,  added  §500 
more,  and  generously  offered  to  lend  money  as 
it  might  be  needed  in  the  prosecution  of  the 
work.  The  offer  was  accepted,  and  Mr.  Bowen's 
timely  aid  enabled  the  brethren  to  go  forward. 
In  June,  1833,  the  lots  in  Stanton  street  were 
secured,  58  by  100  feet,  at  a  cost  of  $4,260,  and 
on  Monday  morning,  August  12th,  the  workmen 


STAUTON   STEEET  BAPTIST   CHTJECH.  41 

commenced  the  new  meeting-house.  The  comer- 
istone  was  laid  on  Tuesday,  the  2Tth  of  August, 
•with  the  following  services:  Eeading  part  of  22d 
chapter  of  1st  Chronicles  by  brother  Benedict ; 
singing  132d  Psalm;  prayer  by  brother  Mid- 
dleton  (pastor  of  the  East  Baptist  Church) ;  laying 
the  comer-stone  by  the  pastor ;  addresses  by  the 
Hev.  Archibald  Maclay  and  Eev.  Charles  W. 
Dennison;  prayer  by  the  Rev.  Octavius  Winslow ; 
singing  the  Doxology,  and  benediction.  A  col- 
lection was  also  taken,  amounting  to  $60.  The 
very  foundations  of  this  edifice  were  laid  in  faith 
and  prayer,  and  it  was  a  greater  undertaking  for 
the  brethren  of  that  day,  to  erect  a  house  of  this 
size,  than  we  who  have  entered  into  their  labors 
can  adequately  appreciate.  But  they  were  whole- 
hearted and  public  spirited,  and  the  good  work 
went  on.  The  subscriptions  were  paid  in  prompt- 
ly, and  no  accident  occurred  to  delay  the  work 
or  endanger  life.  The  edifice,  50  by  70  feet,  was 
completed  by  spring,  costing,  with  its  furniture, 
about  $10,000 ;  and  on  Sunday,  March  2d,  1834, 
it  was  solemnly  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  Al- 
mighty God.    The  Eev.  A.  Maclay  preached  in 


42  HISTOET   OF  THE 

the  morning,  Eev.  W"m.  E.  Williams  in  the  after- 
noon, and  Rev.  Charles  G.  Somers  in  the  evening. 
The  collections  during  the  day  amounted  to  $156. 
The  membership  had  largely  increased  during 
the  ministry  of  brother  Benedict,  and  on  enter- 
ing the  new  house  they  numbered  211 ;  but  this 
comprised  the  names  of  several  who  were  vir- 
tually lost;  the  real,  active-  strength  of  the 
church  was  considerably  below  that  number. 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  society,  held  Tues- 
day evening,  the  13th  of  May,  1834,  for  the  elec- 
tion of  Trustees,  it  was  unanimously  voted  that 
the  body  "shall  hereafter  be  called  and  known  by 
the  name  of  the  Stanton  street  Baptist  Church." 
And  now  the  favored  vine  begins  to  flourish 
anew,  the  congregations  increase  in  size  and 
seriousness,  and  the  letter  to  the  association  in 
June  states  that  the  Sunday-school  had  increased 
nearly  three-fold  since  removing  to  Stanton 
street.  Though  resting  under  a  large  debt 
(nearly  $10,000),  they  trusted  in  the  Great  Head 
of  the  Church,  and  were  not  confounded.  The 
associational  letter  of  June,  1836,  from  the  pea 
of  brother  Benedict,  was  as  follows : 


STANTON  STUEET  BAPTIST  CHTJECH.  43 

**  Beloved  Bketheen: 

"  The  return  of  another  anniversary  affords 
us  the  usual  privilege  of  expressing  our  fellow- 
ship with  you  in  one  Lord,  one  faith,  and  one 
baptism.  We  feel  confident  that  you  will  rejoice 
with  us  in  the  glorious  success  which  everywhere 
attends  the  efforts  of  God's  people  to  gather  in 
his  children.  He  is  crowning  with  tokens  of  his 
peculiar  favor,  the  labors  of  our  missionaries 
abroad,  and  his  blessed  spirit  is  stirring  np  our 
churches  at  home  to  a  zeal  and  liberality  hitherto 
unknown  in  our  history  as  a  denomination.  The 
Church  is  arousing  from  her  slumbers,  and  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  is  inscribed  upon  her  banners. 
The  Macedonian  cry,  *  Come  over  and  help  us  !' 
is  heard  from  those  who  for  ages  have  sat  *  in 
the  region  and  shadow  of  death.' 

" '  They  call  us  to  deliver 

Their  land  from  error's  chain.' 

As  to  our  affairs  as  a  church,  we  have  abundant 
cause  to  sing  aloud  of  the  goodness  and  mercy 
of  our  faithful,  covenant-keeping  God ;  and  we 
desire  to  tell  of  that  goodness,  that  others  may 


44  mSTOEY  OF  TEE 

praise  him  too.  "We  not  only  enjoy  peace  and 
harmony,  but  during  the  past  year  some  mercy 
drops  have  fallen  on  onr  Zion.  During  the  past 
winter  and  spring,  an  unusual  solemnity  appeared 
to  rest  upon  our  congregation,  so  much  so .  that 
the  church  felt  called  upon  to  set  apart  a  few 
days  for  religious  exercises,  the  results  of  which 
have  been  most  happy.  Soon  after  the  com- 
mencement of  our  meeting,  it  was  evident  that 
the  Lord  was  in  the  place.  The  Goapel  seemed  to 
come  not  in  word  only,  but  in  power  and  in  the 
Holy  Ghost.  Saints  got  near  the  throne,  and 
sinners  were  made  to  tremble.  Since  that  time 
thii'ty-three  have  been  baptized,  upon  profession 
of  their  faith,  and  a  number  more  are  ready  to 
put  on  Christ.  Our  congregation  is  full,  attentive 
and  solemn.     Brethren,  pray  for  us  !" 

The  church  pursued  its  blessed  work  of  win- 
ning souls  ;  and  from  time  to  time  sent  some  of 
her  members  to  Hamilton  to  prepare  for  the 
Gospel  ministry.  Bro.  Wm.  S.  Mikels  was  sent 
in  May,  1837,  and  he  received  a  license  to  preach 
August  22d,  1838,  by  a  imanimous  vote.  At  a 
meeting  of  the  Association  in  June  of  that  year, 


STAirrON   STREET   BAPTIST   CHUKCH.  45 

the  church  reported  the  baptism  of  84  persons, 
and  the  number  of  members  as  460.  In  the 
spring  of  1839,  the  salary  of  the  pastor  was 
increased  to  $1,200,  in  accordance  with  a  recom- 
mendation from  the  Board  of  Trustees.  The  let- 
ter to  the  Association,  June  18th,  1839,  speaks  of 
congregations  "  full  to  overflowing,  so  that  many 
have  been  under  the  necessity  of  leaving  for  want 
of  room."  The  number  of  baptisms  reported  was 
159,  fifty-five  being  baptized  on  the  first  Sabbath 
of  two  consecutive  months.  The  total  additions 
that  year  were  only  one  less  than  200,  while  the 
diminutions  by  death,  removal,  etc.,  were  but 
20 — ^leaving  the  membership  644.  Even  this 
number  was  considerably  increased  by  the  addi- 
tions of  the  succeeding  winter,  and  at  the  close 
of  the  communion,  April  5th,  1840,  a  meeting 
of  the  male  members  was  called  to  assemble  on 
"Wednesday  evening,  to  consider  business  of 
importance  to  the  church.  A  large  meeting  con- 
vened at  the  time  appointed.  The  pastor  read  a 
portion  of  the  Scriptures,  and  prayer  was  offered 
by  Deacon  James  Cowan.  Brother  Benedict 
was  chosen  moderator  of  the  meeting,  and  C.  S. 
5 


46  HISTORY   OF  THE 

Yanderhoof  clerk.  The  pastor  stated  the  ob- 
ject of  the  meeting  to  be  to  take  into  considera- 
tion the  propriety  of  sending  out  a  colony,  the 
communicants  alone  being  now  sufficient  to 
fill  the  meeting-house.  After  a  mutual  inter- 
change of  sentiment,  it  was  on  motion — 

"  Resolved^  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  meeting 
that  it  has  become  necessary  for  the  church  to 
colonize." 

A  committee  of  seventeen  was  then  appointed 
in  reference  to  the  object,  to  report  the  following 
Monday  evening,  and  it  was  voted,  "  That  this 
meeting  recommend  to  the  church  that  next 
Wednesday  be  observed  as  a  day  of  thanksgiving 
and  prayer  for  the  blessings  bestowed  upon  us 
as  a  church."  The  recommendation  was,  of 
course,  adopted. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  body,  held  April  15th, 
the  following  resolutions,  submitted  by  the  com- 
mittee, were  passed  by  a  unanimous  vote : 

"  Hesol/vedy  That  the  time  has  arrived  when  it 
has  become  necessary  for  this  church  to  colonize. 

"  ResoVced^  That  a  committee  be  appointed  to 
look  out  a  proper  location,  and  ascertain  the 


STANTON   BTEEET   BAPTIST   CHUKCH.  47 

price  of  sucli  lots  as  may  be  necessary  for  the 
erection  of  a  temple  dedicated  to  the  service  of 
the  living  God ;  the  committee  to  report  as  soon 
as  practicable." 

John  ^N".  Wjckoffj  Richard  C.  Akerly,  James 
Cowan,  Abiel  Miles  and  David  Ludlam  were 
chosen  members  of  the  committee.  Soon  after 
their  appointment  to  obtain  lots,  they  ascertained 
that  the  meeting-houses  in  Delancey  street  corner 
of  Chrystie,  and  ISTorfolk  street  corner  of  Broome, 
were  for  sale ;  but  the  majority  favoring  the  loca- 
tion in  ISTorfolk  street,  a  sub-committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  ascertain  whether  Mr.  Benedict  would 
go  with  a  portion  of  the  brethren  and  sisters 
there,  and  become  their  pastor.  He  replied  that 
he  would  be  willing  if  the  church  thought  best. 
A  special  church  meeting  was  held  September 
9th,  1840,  to  hear  the  report  of  the  committee 
on  location,  etc.  They  stated  that  the  property 
on  the  corner  of  N^orfolk  and  Broome  streets 
could  be  obtained  for  $12,000,  and  the  following 
resolution  proposed  by  them  was  adopted,  viz. : 

"  Resolved^  That  measures  be  now  taken  by 
the  church  to  raise  $6,000  by  subscriptions  and 


48  HISTORY   OF  THE 

donations,  to  enable  the  colony  going  out  to 
purchase  the  property  corner  of  IN^orfolk  and 
Broome  streets,  one-fourth  of  what  they  raise  to 
go  toward  liquidating  the  debt  against  the 
property  in  Stanton  street,*  be  the  amount  raised 
more  or  less  than  $6,000."  Brethren  "Wyckoff, 
Akerly,  Peterson,  Miles  and  Tiebout  were  ap- 
pointed to  carry  this  resolution  into  effect,  and 
they  were  empowered  to  purchase  the  IvTorfolk 
street  property  for  $12,000,  provided  $7,075 
could  remain  on  bond  and  mortgage.  At  the 
next  meeting,  September  16th,  those  in  favor  of 
Mr.  Benedict's  remaining  as  pastor  in  the  Stanton 
street  body,  were  requested  to  signify  the  same 
by  rising,  and  the  contrary  by  the  same  sign, 
but  there  was  no  dissent  whatever.  However, 
he  presented  his  resignation  at  the  regular  church, 
meeting,  September  23d,  though,  owing  to  de^ 
lays  in  securing  the  property,  organizing  thj& 
new  interest,  etc.,  it  did  not  virtually  take  effect 


*  This  was  subsequently  rescinded,  and  all  money  raised  was 
devoted  to  the  purchase  of  the  Norfolk  street  property.  Thia 
left  the  debt  upon  Stanton  street  about  $8,000. 


staot:on  street  baptist  chtjech.  49 

until  the  first  of  February,  1841.     The  resigna- 
tion was  as  follows : 

"^^  To  THE  Stantok  street  Baptist  Church. 

"Brethren  and  sisters,  beloved  in  the 
Lord.  Of  the  kindness  and  generosity  with 
which  you  have  uniformly  treated  me  I  am 
deeply  sensible.  !N"or  have  you,  as  a  church, 
given  me  reason  to  suppose  that  your  kindness  is 
ediausted,  or  even  diminished. 

"When  I  yielded  to  your  solicitations,  more 
than  nine  years  since,  to  take  the  oversight  of 
that  little  flock,  it  was  with  feelings  more  readily 
felt  than  expressed.  And  when  I  came  to  you, 
'  it  was  not  with  excellency  of  speech,  or  of  wis- 
dom, declaring  unto  you  the  testimony  of  God ; 
for  I  determined  not  to  know  anything  among 
you,  save  Jesus  Christ,  and  him  crucified.'  I  have 
been  with  you  in  weakness,  and  in  fear,  and  in 
much  trembling;  and  although  my  speech  and 
my  preaching  have  not  been  with  enticing  words 
of  man's  wisdom,  yet  I  hope  they  have  been  in 
some  measure  in  demonstration  of  the  Spirit  and 
of  power ;  that  your  faith  should  not  stand  in 
6* 


50  HISTORY   OF  THE 

the  wisdom  of  men,  but  in  the  power  of  God. 
Since  the  existence  of  onr  relation  as  pastor  and 
people,  our  heavenly  Father  has  vouchsafed  to 
bless  us,  and  to  increase  us  with  men  as  a  flock, 
insomuch  that  our  place  of  worship  has  become 
too  strait  for  us.  The  providence  of  God  seems 
evidently  to  say, '  Enlarge  the  border  of  thy  tent ; 
lengthen  thy  cords  and  strengthen  thy  stakes;' 
with  a  view,  therefore,  to  extend  the  cause  of 
truth  in  this  city,  I  have  thought  it  best,  pain- 
ful as  it  is,  to  tender  my  resignation  as  the  pas- 
tor of  this  church,  for  the  purpose  of  uniting  in 
the  organization  of  a  regular  Baptist  Church,  at 
the  corner  of  Broome  and  !N"orfolk  streets. 

"  In  taking  this  important  step  I  am  comforted 
with  the  reflection  that,  within  nine  years,  608 
have  been  added  by  baptism,  and  167  by  letter; 
and  I  feel  greatly  encouraged  in  the  enterprise 
upon  which  I  am  about  to  enter,  from  the  consi- 
deration, that  it  has  been  thus  far  conducted  in 
the  exercise  of  prayer,  and  a  good  degree  of 
Christian  afi"ection ;  and  that  I  expect  to  prose- 
cute it  not  with  strangers,  but  with  brethren  and 
sisters  with  whom  I  have  for  years  walked  in 


STANTON  STEEET  BAPTIST  CHITECH.  61 

delightful  fellowship.  And  now,  brethren,  I 
commend  you  to  God,  and  to  the  word  of  his 
grace.  Be  careful  for  nothing ;  but  in  every- 
thing, by  prayer  and  supplication,  let  your 
requests  be  made  known  unto  God.  And  the 
peace  of  God  which  passeth  all  understanding, 
shall  keep  your  hearts  and  minds  through  Christ 
Jesus,  which  is  the  earnest  prayer  of 

"  Your  affectionate  pastor, 

"  Geo.  Benedict." 

At  the  regular  church  meeting,  January  2Tth, 
1841,  238  letters  of  dismission  were  granted  to 
unite  in  the  formation  of  the  new  church,  and 
the  next  Wednesday  evening,  83  letters  more, 
making  321  at  the  two  meetings.  Of  those 
who  went  to  Norfolk  street,  87  were  males,  89 
single  females,  and  145  married  females.  About 
97  males  remained,  112  siugle  and  178  married 
females,  of  whom  100  or  more  were  in  the 
country,  and  several  of  those  who  remained,  sub- 
sequently took  letters  to  join  the  new  interest. 
With  the  formation  of  the  Korfolk  street  Bap- 
^'st  Church,  of  364  members,  of  which  brother 


s52  mSTOEY  OF  THE 

Benedict  took  the  pastoral  charge,  his  relation  to 
Stanton  street,  which  had  existed  nearly  ten  years, 
ceased.  A  large  congregation  was  soon  gathered 
in  his  new  field  of  labor,  and  as  before,  mnch 
people  were  added  nnto  the  Lord.  In  the  sum- 
mer of  1844  he  was  chosen  moderator  of  the 
Hudson  River  Association. 

But  in  the  full  tide  of  success,  and  the  high 
meridian  of  his  useful  life,  sickness  seized  upon 
him,  and  for  the  space  of  two  years  he  was  laid 
aside  from  active  labor.  In  the  intervals  of  pain 
he  gladly  embraced  every  opportunity  of  meet- 
ing with  this  church,  and  on  fast-days  and  other 
special  occasions  he  was  always  present  when 
not  prevented  by  infirmity.  The  Fourth  Annual 
Meeting  of  the  Young  Men's  Mission  Society 
was  held  here  on  Monday  evening,  December 
21st,  1846.  The  exercises  were  opened  with 
prayer  by  father  Peck,  and  closed  with  the  bene- 
diction by  brother  Benedict.  He  had  entered 
the  house  during  the  services,  and  being  unable 
to  take  any  other  part,  he  dismissed  the  meeting 
as  above  stated. 

His  disease  becoming  more  painful  and  com- 


STANTON   STEEET  BAPTIST   CHTJECH. 

plicated,  he  deemed  it  his  duty  to  resign,  and 
his  connection  as  pastor  of  the  Il^orfolk  street 
church  ceased  July  1st,  1848.  This  resigna- 
tion was  read  and  accepted  at  a  meeting  of  the 
[Norfolk  street  Church  held  in  our  lecture  room, 
and  here  his  successor  was  chosen.  Their  meet- 
ing-house at  the  corner  of  Norfolk  and  Broome 
streets  having  been  destroyed  by  fire,  the  church 
had  accepted  an  invitation  to  hold  their  evening 
meetings  in  our  basement. 

Mr.  Benedict's  ministry  extended  over  a  period 
of  twenty-five  years,  more  than  seventeen  being 
spent  in  this  city.  Here  he  baptized  nearly 
twelve  hundred  persons,  and  he  attended  the 
funerals  of  almost  as  many  more.  It  was  always 
his  custom  to  call  on  a  bereaved  family  soon  after 
officiating  at  ,a  funeral,  and  his  kindly  ministra- 
tion on  these  occasions  was  the  means  of  leading 
many  to  the  house  of  God,  and  ultimately  to  the 
Saviour. 

But  his  day  had  reached  its  evening  hour,  and 
on  the  28th  of  October,  1848,  he  departed  this 
life  in  sure  and  certain  hope  of  entering  into  the 
rest  prepared  for  the  people  of  God.    Three  days 


64:  HISTORY   OF  THE 

afterward  the  First  Baptist  Clmrcli  was  crowded 
on  the  occasion  of  Ms  funeral.  The  sermon  was 
preached  by  the  Kev.  S.  H.  Cone,  D.D.,  from 
Acts,  xi.,  24.  '  For  he  was  a  good  man,  full  of 
the  Holy  Ghost  and  of  faith,  and  much  people 
was  added  unto  the  Lord.'  A  long  procession 
followed  the  remains  to  Greenwood,  where  a 
monument  has  been  erected  to  his  memory.  It 
bears  the  following  inscription : 

REV.  GEORGE  BENEDICT, 

WHO  PELL  ASLEEP  IN  JESUS  OCT.  28tH,  1848, 

In  the  64th  year  of  his  age,  and  in  the  full  hope  of  that  Gospel 
he  had  so  long  recommended  to  others.  He  was  for  26  years 
a  faithful  Minister  of  Christ,  over  17  of  which  he  was  Pastor  of 
the  Stanton  and  Norfolk  street  Baptist  Churches. 

"  For  we  know  that  if  our  earthly  house  of  this  tabernacle 
were  dissolved,  we  have  a  building  of  God,  a  house  not  made 
with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens." — 2  Cor.  v.  i. 

A  mural  tablet  was  also  placed  in  the  new 
meeting-house  of  the  ]^orfolk  street  Church.  It 
is  inscribed  as  follows : 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHTJRCH.  55 

IN 

KEY.    GEORGE    BENEDICT, 
For  seven  years 

PAST  OR     OF     THISCHURCH, 

And  for  twenty-six  years  a  faithful  and  successful 

AMBASSADOR    OF    CHRIST. 

He  was  born 

APRIL    15th,    1*795, 

And  died  in  triumph 

OCTOBER    28th,    1848. 


Soli  Deo  Gloria. 

His  widow  and  two  children  yet  remain  to 
cherisli  Ms  memory  while  they  lament  his  loss. 

At  the  time  of  his  decease,  Mr.  Benedict  was 
in  his  54th  year,  but  his  personal  appearance 
was  that  of  a  man  many  years  younger.  His  life 
had  been  one  of  unceasing  labor,  but  happily 
free  from  controversy  and  those  consuming  cares 
which  embitter  one's  being,  and  bring  age  on 
prematurely.  The  general  expression  of  his 
countenance  was  extremely  pleasing,  and  his 
manner  was  of  that  easy  and  attractive  character 
calculated  alike  to  win  the  young  and  conciliate 
those  of  maturer  years,    '^o  man  had  a  happier 


56  HISTORY  OF  THE 

faculty  of  introducing  the  subject  of  religion ;  in 
season  or  out  of  season,  it  was  never  repulsive 
when  presented  by  him.  He  probed  the  secret 
soul,  but  his  words  were  soft  and  kind.  "  My 
son — my  daughter — come  now  and  let  us  reason 
together,"  he  would  say;  and  the  next  hour 
would  find  the  young  friend  in  tears,  earnestly 
seeking  that  good  part  which  the  personal 
preacher  had  so  earnestly  recommended.  In 
his  sermons,  as  in  his  conversation,  religion  was 
divested  of  anything  like  gloom ;  he  always 
seemed  to  see  the  sun  of  righteousness  himself, 
and  hence  his  success  in  pointing  others  to  the 
Lamb  of  God  who  taketh  away  the  sins  of  the 
world.  He  was  a  man  mighty  in  prayer.  There 
his  great  strength  lay.  Others  might  surpass 
him  in  felicity  of  illustration,  the  refinements  of 
rhetoric,  and  the  graces  of  the  schools;  but  no 
man  of  his  day  had  plainer  proof  that  his  prayers 
were  heard  and  answered — that  his  labor  was 
not  in  vain  in  the  Lord.  Little  children  loved 
him ;  and  in  the  hearts  of  all  who  knew  him  he 
was  enshrined  as  a  father  and  a  friend. 
It  may  be  thought  by  some  that  as  we  recede 


STANTON   STEEET   BAPTIST   CHURCH.  67 

from  the  period  of  Ms  actual  life  there  is  a  ten- 
dency to  praise  the  creature  more  than  the  Crea- 
tor— to  applaud  the  past  at  the  expense  of  the 
present.  This  is  a  mistaken  view.  This  sketch 
is  not  prepared  in  the  vain  spirit  of  hero  wor- 
ship, but  as  a  humble  tribute  to  the  memory  of 
one  who  had  grace  to  be  faithful  in  his  day  and 
generation.  And  while  we  depict  this  life  and 
character,  we  see  reason  for  devout  thanksgiving 
to  the  Shepherd  and  Bishop  of  souls,  that  he 
counted  this  man  faithful,  putting  him  into  the 
ministry.  With  talents  and  ability  that  other- 
wise employed  might  have  won  him  riches  and 
honors  among  the  successful  ones  of  earth,  he 
turned  aside  and  became  a  man  of  one  idea — that 
idea  being  to  glorify  God  and  serve  him  with 
single-eyed  devotion.  He  had  no  side  interests 
to  promote.  The  "one  idea"  was  all-absorbing; 
and  here  is  another  secret  of  his  extensive  use- 
fulness. With  one  object  before  him,  and  one 
only,  he  concentrated  upon  it  the  energies  of  an 
active  nature,  the  judgment  of  a  clear  intellect, 
and  infused  through  all,  the  best  affections  of  a 
warm  and  constant  heart. 
6 


58  HISTORY   OF   THE 

In  our  earthly  courts  we  shall  see  his  face  no 
more.  On  no  coming  Sabbath  will  the  touching 
tones  of  that  well-remembered  voice  fall  tenderly 
on  the  ear.  He  worships  now  in  higher  courts, 
and  with  a  ransomed  church.  'No  death-day 
darkens  in  the  distance  now,  no  fading  sunset 
hues  announce  the  coming  night,  for  their  sun 
shall  no  more  go  down,  the  days  of  their  mourn- 
ing are  ended.  "We  may  feel  a  shadow  of  regret 
that  a  life  so  useful  should  have  been  so  brief; 
that  a  nature  so  kind  and  affectionate  was  thus 
early  withdrawn  from  the  church  below;  but 
let  us  not  forget  that  the  being  of  our  brother  is 
neither  suspended  nor  extinguished.  Though 
lost  to  mortal  sight,  he  has  attained  a  place 
among  those  who  have  turned  many  to  righteous- 
ness, and  who  shall  shine  as  the  stars  forever 
and  ever. 


STANTON  STREET  BAPTIST  CHTJECH. 


59 


Changes  during  the  Second  Period. 


ADDED  BY 

DimNISHED  BY 

DATR 

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1 

1 

1 

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From  April  to  June,  1831, 

6 

8 

0 

9 

2 

0 

0 

0 

2 

"   June 

'31,  to  June, 

'32, 

35 

9 

1 

45 

16 

0 

1 

0 

17 

((        <( 

'32,      " 

'33, 

20 

11 

0 

31 

1 

2 

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9 

20 

..       « 

'33,      " 

'34, 

44 

18 

0 

62 

4 

1 

1 

0 

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(C             (( 

'34,      " 

'35, 

35 

15 

0 

50 

3 

4 

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0 

10 

tC              li 

'35,      " 

'36, 

62 

23 

0 

85 

9 

5 

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'36,      " 

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62 

18 

1 

81 

14 

4 

5 

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({          (( 

'37,      " 

'38, 

84 

25 

1 

110 

26 

5 

14 

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45 

((          (( 

'38,      " 

'39, 

159 

36 

4 

199 

9 

8 

3 

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'40, 

99 

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(1          (( 

'40,  to  Feb. 

'41, 

1 

16 

1 

30 

32 

3 

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43 

Totals, . 

613 

194 

14 

821 

jU. 

88 

45 

9 

^234 

Number  when  brother  Benedict  came, 110 

Gain, 821 


Loss, 


931 

234 


697 


60  msTORY  OF  the; 


PEKIOD    III. 

MINISTRY  OF  THE  REY.  DA.VID  BELLAMY. 

Sept.  1st,  1841— Nov.  15th,  1846. 

DuEmG  the  greater  part  of  the  year  1841  the 
church  was  without  a  pastor.  Eev.  Lewis  Eaj- 
mond,  Eev.  George  J.  Carleton,  Eev.  Thomas  O. 
Lincohi,  Eev.  Lemuel  Porter,  Eev.  B.  M.  Hill, 
Eev.  Lemuel  Covell,  and  Eev.  David  Bellamy, 
of  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  severally  preached  during  a  por- 
tion of  the  time  from  February  to  September ; 
but  the  congregations  were  generally  small,  and 
the  prospect  decidedly  discouraging.  Some  in- 
terest existed  during  Mr.  Eaymond's  stay  with 
the  church,  and  nineteen  persons  were  baptized 
before  brother  Benedict's  successor  began  his 
ministry  among  us.  Unanimous  calls  were  ex- 
tended to  brethren  Lincoln  and  Porter,  but  both 
declining,  it  was,  on  the  29th  of  June,  voted  una- 
nimously to  invite  brother  Bellamy  to  assume  the 
pastoral  charge.      This  call  he  accepted,   and 


STANTON   STKEET  BAPTIST  CHTJECH.  61 

entered  upon  tlie  disicliarge  of  Ms  duties  Septem- 
ber 1st,  1841. 

Eev.  David  Bellamy  was  born  at  Kingsbury, 
Washington  County,  K.  Y.,  on  the  19tli  of  May, 
1806.  His  childliood  and  youth  were  passed  in 
that  healthy  and  romantic  region,  surrounded 
by  noble  and  beautiful  scenery,  and  in  the  enjoy- 
ment of  more  than  ordinary  advantages  for  ob- 
taining an  education.  Being  of  a  studious  habit, 
his  improvement  was  marked  and  rapid.  The 
boy  received  his  first  abiding  religious  impres- 
sions at  the  age  of  ten  years,  during  the  great 
revival  of  1816,  in  which  both  his  parents  were 
converted.  Upon  leaving  school,  he  devoted 
himself  to  business  with  characteristic  assiduity, 
but  he  made  no  profession  of  religion  until 
twenty-four  years  of  age.  Meantime  he  had 
married  and  removed  to  Chatauqua  County,  and 
there  his  attention  was  recalled  to  the  long- 
neglected,  subject  of  religion.  Aroused  from  his 
backslidden  state,  he  gave  up  his  business,  and 
repaired,  with  his  wife,  who  had  been  converted 
also,  to  his  native  place,  and  there  made  a  pub- 
lic profession  of  faith  in  presence  of  the  compau- 

6* 


62  HISTOKY  OF  THE 

ions  and  acquaintances  of  his  youth.  He  was  bap- 
tized by  the  Eev.  Amos  Stearns,  who  is  still  liv- 
ing, in  1859.  This  proved  the  beginning  of  a 
glorions  revival,  in  the  progress  of  which  nearly 
one  hundred  souls  were  brought  to  Christ  in  that 
vicinity.  Six  months  sufficed  to  convince  his 
pastor  and  brethren,  and  ultimately  himself,  that 
his  destination  was  the  pulpit.  Accordingly  he 
was  soon  licensed,  and  began  to  preach.  Being 
married,  he  found  a  full  college  course  imprac- 
ticable ;  but  the  young  man  resolved  that  if  hard 
study  and  untiring  industry  would  yield  him  an 
equivalent  for  such  a  course,  he  would  obtain  it. 
Vigorous  health  enabled  him  to  accomplish  this, 
as  well  as  to  pursue  in  private  the  course  of  read- 
ing and  study  required  of  theological  students  in 
that  day.  But  this  was  carried  on  in  connection 
with  stated  and  constant  pulpit  and  pastoral 
labors,  necessarily  occupying  a  considerable  por- 
tion of  his  time.  Brother  Bellamy's  first  pastoral 
engagement  was  at  Skeneateles,  Onondaga 
County,  'N.Y.,  with  a  branch  of  the  Elbridge  Bap- 
tist Church,  of  which  the  Eev.  C.  M.  Fuller  was 
pastor.     He  was  ordained  to  the  work  of  the 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHUECH.  63 

Gospel  ministry  at  Skeneateles,  January  11, 1833, 
remained  there  about  two  years,  and  labored 
with  considerable  success;  but  it  was  pioneer 
work.  Thence  he  was  called  to  Manlius,  in  the 
same  county,  where  he  toiled  for  six  years,  and 
until  shattered  health  required  a  resignation. 
Several  precious  revivals  were  enjoyed  during  the 
period  of  his  ministry  at  Manlius,  and  it  was  his 
practice  in  those  years  to  go  abroad  and  labor  in 
other  churches  during  seasons  of  refreshing.  This 
preaching  was  blessed  of  God  in  a  wonderful 
manner  to  the  conversion  of  souls.  Constant 
labor  in  meetings,  for  months  in  succession,  at 
last  impaired  his  health,  especially  the  vocal  or- 
gans, and  finally  compelled  him  to  resign  in 
May,  1839.  Previous  to  this  time  he  had  been 
called  to  prominent  positions,  such  as  S}Tacuse, 
Oswego,  Utica  and  Albany ;  but  all  these  invi- 
tations were  declined  in  favor  of  the  people  of 
his  choice,  the  little  flock  at  Manlius.  After  hia 
resignation  took  place,  some  months  were  spent 
in  rest,  and  medical  experiments,  but  without  pro- 
ducing any  visible  beneficial  results.  At  last, 
however,  being  in  the  city  of  IsTew  York,  he  was 


64  HISTORY   OF  THE 

urged  by  the  late  Eev.  S.  H.  Cone,  D.D.,  to  en- 
gage in  the  service  of  the  American  and  Foreign 
Bible  Society  in  the  western  part  of  the  State. 
This  agency  brother  Bellamy  accepted,  and  with 
gratifying  results.  The  travel  invigorated  his 
weakened  body  as  medicine  had  failed  to  do,  and 
he  was  soon  strong  enough  to  enter  the  pastoral 
office  again.  Accej)ting  the  cordial  invitation 
of  the  Baptist  Church  at  Ithaca,  in  Tompkins 
County,  his  labors  were  blessed  as  before,  and  a 
glorious  revival  followed.  His  stay  there,  how- 
ever, was  brief — scarcely  fifteen  months — during 
tlie  latter  part  of  which  time  he  was  in  corres- 
pondence with  this  church. 

Tlie  aspect  of  things  here,  as  before  indicated, 
was  quite  forbidding  at  the  time  Mr.  Bellamy 
took  charge.  His  predecessor,  widely  known  for 
his  piety,  generally  beloved  for  his  warm  heart 
and  winning  address,  w^as  located  in  the  same 
part  of  the  city,  with  all  the  advantages  of  ten 
years'  experience  and  acquaintance  with  the 
ground.  Nearly  all  the  congregation,  as  distinct 
from  the  church,  had  followed  brother  Benedict 
or  become  scattered,  and  though  a  nominal  mem- 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHURCH.  65 

bersliip  of  between  three  and  four  liiindred  re- 
mained, this  inchided  those  absent  in  the  country, 
the  useless  and  the  lost  of  the  whole  period  of 
the  church's  history.  It  may  well  be  doubted 
whether  the  real  active  members  mmibered  more 
than  two  hundred  at  this  time.  "  But  (writes 
brother  Bellamy),  they  were  led  by  some  of  the 
best,  most  faithful,  efficient,  and  trustworthy 
brethren  I  ever  knew." 

The  services  of  publicly  recognizing  the  new 
pastor  were  held  in  our  meeting-house,  on  Wed- 
nesday evening,  September  22d,  1841,  as  follows : 
Prayer  by  Rev.  A.  Wheelock ;  sermon  by  Rev. 
S.  H.  Cone,  D.D.,  from  Matt.  xvi.  26  :  ''  For  lohat 
is  a  manprqfitedy  if  he  shall  gain  the  whole  world 
and  lose  his  own  soul  f  or  what  shall  a  man  give 
in  exchange  for  his  soul  .^" 

The  hand  of  fellowship  was  given  by  the  Rev. 
George  Benedict ;  address  to  the  church  by  the 
Rev.  C,  Gr.  Somers ;  prayer  by  the  Rev.  Z.  Gre- 
nell,  and  benediction  by  brother  Bellamy.  Tlie 
evening  was  fine,  the  meeting-house  crowded  on 
this  interesting  occasion,  and  the  hearts  of  all 
inspired  with  fresh  courage.     Toward  the  close 


HISTORY  OF  THE 


of  the  year  an  organ  was  placed  in  the  gallery — 
a  variety  of  musical  instruments  having  been  used 
previously  —  and  the  church,  with  their  new 
pastor,  went  to  work  in  earnest.  Kev.  Philetus 
B.  Peck,  of  Owego,  whose  blameless  life  and  early 
death  will  be  long  remembered,  was  invited  to 
assist  in  a  protracted  meeting,  and  the  brethren 
and  sisters  met  every  night  during  an  entire 
week  to  supplicate  the  divine  blessing  upon  their 
efforts.  ]^or  did  they  pray  in  vain.  Brother 
Peck  preached  his  first  sermon  on  Sunday,  De- 
cember 12th,  1841,  and  it  was  soon  evident  that 
the  Holy  Spirit  was  moving  on  the  hearts  of 
men.  Conversions  were  frequent  in  the  congre- 
gation, and  a  large  number  joined  themselves  to 
the  company  of  the  disciples.  The  meetings  were 
continued  until  the  close  of  winter,  the  Eev. 
Joseph  H.  Chamberlain  assisting  part  of  the  time. 
The  letter  to  the  Association  in  the  summer  of 
1842,  thus  mentions  this  blessed  revival:  *'A 
deep  and  general  interest  was  manifested  in  the 
great  subject  of  religion;  night  after  night  many 
presented  themselves  for  the  prayers  of  God's 
people,  and  day  after  day  we  were  permitted  to 


6TAITT0K   STKEET  BAPTIST   CHUECH.  67 

hear  that  souls  had  emerged  into  the  liberty  of 
the  Gospel  and  were  rejoicing  with  joy  unspeak- 
able and  full  of  glory.  Month  after  month  it  has 
been  our  privilege  to  repair  to  the  baptismal 
waters,  and  as  the  fruit  thus  far  of  this  glorious 
revival,  ninety- three  willing  converts  have  been 
buried  in  the  likeness  of  the  Saviour's  death,  and 
we  are  happy  to  receive  the  evidence  from  time 
to  time  that  the  seed  so  faithfully  sown,  and  wa- 
tered with  tears  and  prayers,  is  still  bringing  forth 
fruit  to  the  glory  of  his  name  who  hath  called 
us  out  of  darkness  into  his  marvelous  light." 

As  the  year  1842  waned  away,  and  the  even- 
ings lengthened,  the  brethren  began  to  inquire 
whether  the  number  of  meetings  might  not  be 
advantageously  increased.  This  was  decided  on, 
and  the  Eev.  Jay  S.  Backus  was  invited  to 
come  and  assist  the  pastor  in  preaching  the  word 
and  laboring  to  win  souls.  He  came  in  January, 
1843,  and  Tuesday,  the  24:th,  was  observed  as  a 
day  of  fasting  and  prayer  for  the  outpouring  of 
the  Holy  Spirit.  Prayer-meetings  were  held  at 
6.30  and  10  o'clock,  a.m.,  and  at  6  p.m.  Brother 
Backus  preached  at  10.30  o'clock,  a.m.,  from 


68  HISTORY   OF   THE 

James,  iv.  3 :  ^'Ye  ash  and  receive  not,  because  'i/e 
ash  amisSy^  and  tlie  pastor  preached  in  the  evening 
from  Eom.,  vi.  23 :  '^JPor  the  wages  of  sin  is  death^ 
hut  the  gift  of  God  is  eternal  life  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  LordP  Morning  prayer  meetings  were 
held  at  6  o'clock  for  a  fortnight,  and  preaching  at 
2  P.M.,  as  well  as  in  the  evenings.  The  meetings 
for  the  reception  of  members  and  the  transaction 
of  other  business,  were  held  in  the  daytime,  so  as 
not  to  interfere  with  the  devotional  services. 
This  revival  continued  almost  four  months.  The 
next  letter  to  the  Association  speaks  of  the  bap-, 
tism  of  one  hundred  and  thirteen  persons,  making 
over  two  hundred  in  eighteen  months  ;  and  the 
number  of  church  members  had  increased  to 
five  hundred  and  forty-three. 

There  being  now  a  considerable  number  of 
young  men  in  the  body,  it  was  early  in  the  year 
(1843)  proposed  by  the  pastor,  to  form  a  Mis- 
sionary Society,  the  management  of  which  should 
be  committed  to  them ;  and  on  Wednesday  even- 
ing, March  29th,  the  following  persons  were 
appointed  to  draft  a  Constitution  for  the  pro- 
posed society,  and  report  as  soon  as  practicable : 


STANTON   STEEET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  69 

— ^Kev.  D.  Bellamy,  deacons  H.  Phelps,  and 
B.  M.  Thompson,  with  brethren  C.  B.  Stout, 
John  H.  Lndlam,  Joseph  Delia  Torre,  and 
Ahram  M.  Fanning.  This  committee  had  several 
sessions  at  the  house  of  the  pastor,  and  on  the 
20th  of  April,  they  presented  to  the  church  a 
copy  of  the  Constitntion,  drawn  np  by  brother 
Bellamy,  very  nearly  as  it  now  stands,  it  having 
only  been  slightly  amended  from  that  day  to  the 
present.  In  consequence  of  a  pressure  of  other 
business,  the  Constitution  was  not  finally  acted 
on  until  August  28th,  a  special  chui'ch  meeting 
being  held  for  the  purpose,  when  it  was  cordially 
adopted,  and  the  officers  and  managers  chosen. 
John  H.  Ludlam  was  the  first  president,  C.  B. 
Stout,  secretary,  and  George  W.  Ewing,  treas- 
urer. The  young  men  immediately  set  about 
their  appointed  work,  and  before  the  close  of  the 
year  their  receipts  amounted  to  forty  dollars  per 
month.  The  society  then  inaugurated  continues 
its  efibrts  with  unabated  efficiency,  has  led  to 
the  formation  of  many  similar  organizations,  and 
has  disbursed  many  thousands  of  dollars  for  mis- 
sionary purposes,  both  at  home  and  abroad.    It 


TO  HISTORY   OF   THE 

has  held  correspondence  with  most  of  the  foreign 
missionaries,  from  the  Judsons  until  now,  and 
man  J  precious  interviews  have  been  enjoyed 
with  returned  missionaries  temporarily  in  this 
country.  It  was  during  this  pastorate  that  the 
late  lamented  Eev.  E.  L.  Abbott  revisited  his 
native  land,  and  his  first  public  meeting  in 
America  was  held  here  on  Sunday  afternoon, 
'Nov.  16  th,  1845.  He  was  formally  and  affec- 
tionately welcomed  by  the  pastor ;  the  house  was 
crowded,  and  the  audience  deej)ly  affected.  At 
the  close  of  the  services  Mr.  Abbott  repeated  the 
Lord's  Prayer  in  Karen.  Kincaid,  Dawson, 
Dean,  Ingalls,  Howard,  Haswell,  Brown,  and 
many  others  who  have  spoken  words  of  cheer  in 
our  hearing,  are  still  cherished  in  our  hearts.  A 
cabinet  of  curiosities  has  been  gradually  forming, 
until  the  West  Boom  now  displays  a  number  of 
objects  deeply  interesting  to  all  who  love  the 
cause  of  missions,  or  are  interested  in  the  welfare 
of  the  world. 

In  the  year  1843  the  old  wooden  stoops  and 
fence  in  front  of  the  meeting-house  were  re- 
movedj  and  the  present  substantial  stone  steps 


STANTON   STREET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  i  1 

and  iron  railings  erected.  At  the  same  time  the 
decayed  brick  pavement  was  exchanged  for  solid 
flagging.  During  Mr.  Bellamy's  ministry,  gas 
was  introduced  for  lighting,  in  place  of  oil, 
which  had  been  used  exclusively  hitherto. 

The  meeting-house  was  greatly  crowded  in  the 
early  part  of  this  year,  to  hear  a  course  of  able 
lectures  on  the  prophecies,  particularly  with 
reference  to  the  second  coming  of  Christ.  As 
this  subject  was  prominently  before  the  public 
mind  at  the  time,  it  is  believed  that  this  series  of 
sermons,  listened  to  by  so  many  persons,  was 
productive  of  incalculable  good.  The  pastor's 
expository  lectures  should  also  be  mentioned. 
It  was  his  custom,  on  Sabbath  mornings,  to  speak 
from  the  gospels  in  order.  In  this  way  the  whole 
of  St.  Matthew  was  gone  through  with,  chapter 
by  chapter,  and  verse  by  verse — lingering  where 
obscure,  and  explaining  to  the  satisfaction  of  all. 
These  discourses  are  still  spoken  of  as  highly 
edifying,  and  far  more  instructive  and  satis- 
factory than  the  usual  preaching  from  isolated 
texts. 

In  the  winter  of  1843-44,  Kev.  Isaac  Wescott 


72  [history  of  the 

aided  the  pastor  in  a  season  of  extra  meetings, 
and  in  June  following,  tlie  cliurcli  reported  five 
hundred  and  seventy-nine  members  to  the  asso- 
ciation. About  the  same  number  was  reported 
in  June  1845,*  and  in  December  of  that  year  it 
was  resolved  to  hold  a  protracted  meeting.  Eev. 
John  Blain  was  written  to,  but  as  his  services 
could  not  be  secured,  Kev.  Ira  E.  Steward 
assisted  the  pastor  from  time  to  time  as  his  other 
duties  would  permit.  During  this  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  efforts  were  made  to  reduce  the 
debt  upon  our  property,  and  about  two  thousand 
dollars  were  realized  for  this  purpose.  Includ- 
ing this  amount,  about  twenty  thousand  dollars 
were  raised  for  benevolent  objects,  while  bro- 
ther Bellamy  was  with  us.  On  the  18th  of  Au- 
gust, 1846,  the  pastor  presented  his  resignation, 
to  take  effect  on  the  15th  of  I^ovember.  This 
resignation  was  in  due  time  accepted,  and  the 
following  preamble  and  resolutions  adopted  by  a 
unanimous  vote,  October  21st : 

"Whereas,  our  pastor,  the  Rev.  David  Bel- 

*  In  September  of  this  year  the  church  united  in  the  ordina- 
tion of  Rev.  Wm.  S.  Mikels. 


STANTOK   STREET  BAPTIST  CHUECH.  73 

lamy,  is  about  leaving  ns,  having  announced  his 
intention  to  relinquish  his  charge  on  the  15th  of 
November  next,  it  seems  to  us  that  the  dissolu- 
tion of  so  tender  a  relation  (and  which  has  ex- 
isted between  us  for  the  past  five  years  with 
such  evident  tokens  of  the  divine  blessing), 
should  not  be  permitted  to  occur  without  an  ex- 
pression of  the  kindlj  feeling  and  high  respect 
which  his  pulpit  labors,  unstained  and  Christian 
deportment  have  not  failed  to  produce :  there- 
fore, 

'^  Besolmd^  That  the  period  of  brother  Bel- 
lamy's ministry,  during  which  so  many  of  us 
have  been  hopefully  converted  to  God,  in  which 
our  numbers  and  resources  have  been  largely 
increased,  and  in  which  we  have  been  so  much 
edified  and  instructed  by  the  Gospel  proclaimed 
from  his  lips — will  not  cease  to  be  remembered 
with  interest  and  gratitude. 

''^  Besolved^  That  whatever  may  be  the  field 
in  which  his  talents  may  be  employed  to  pro- 
mote the  glory  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  we 
offer  him  the  assurance  that  he  will  be  followed 
by  our  sympathies,  best  wishes  and  prayers." 


14:  HISTORY   OF  THE 

Brother  Bellamy's  farewell  sermon  was  de- 
livered on  Sunday,  ItTovember  15,  1846,  and  his 
connection  with  this  body  then  terminated.  Like 
his  predecessor,  he  spent  the  meridian  of  his  life 
with  this  church,  and  the  tabular  statement  ap- 
pended hereto,  will  show  some  of  the  results  of 
his  toil.  The  duties  of  such  a  pastoral  charge 
are  realized  by  but  few  persons.  Studying, 
preaching,  visiting  the  membership  and  among 
the  congregation,  calls  to  funerals  and  visits  to 
the  chambers  of  sickness,  labor  in  the  Boards  of 
benevolent  societies,  to  say  nothiug  of  marriages, 
councils,  ordinations,  associations,  etc.,  leave  no 
hours  of  leisure.  Labor,  care  and  anxiety,  varied 
only  by  more  anxiety,  care  and  labor,  make  up 
the  history  of  a  city  pastor's  life. 

It  was  while  in  Stanton  street  that  the  honorary 
degree  of  A.M.  was  conferred  upon  brother  B. 
by  Madison  University.  With  him  a  large  num- 
ber of  members  took  their  letters  to  unite  in 
forming  Hope  Chapel  (now  Calvary)  Baptist 
Church,  and  with  that  body  he  labored  for  three 
years,  when  impaired  health  led  to  a  resignation 
of  the  charge.    Two  years  of  illness  followed; 


STAirrON   STREET  BAPTIST  CHUECH.  75 

and  then  he  accepted  the  call  of  the  Baptist 
Church  in  Arcadia,  Wajne  County,  1^.  Y.  While 
laboring  there,  Mrs.  Eliza  A.  Bellamy,  his  wife, 
well  known  to  many  in  this  city,  was  summoned 
to  the  spirit-land.  But  the  angel  of  death  found 
her  prepared  to  depart  Though  her  physical 
suffering  was  great  (her  disease  being  congestion 
of  the  lungs),  she  exclaimed,  "  I  am  happy  !  all 
is  well !  all  is  well !"  Having  thus  borne  her  last 
testimony  to  the  faithfulness  of  the  Redeemer, 
she  turned  her  face  to  the  wall  and  sweetly  fell 
asleep. 

From  Arcadia  Brother  Bellamy  removed  to 
Mount  Morris,  Livingston  County,  K.  Y.,  where 
he  is  still  successfully  engaged  in  the  ministry.* 
The  field  is  somewhat  limited  in  extent,  but  is 
therefore  all  the  better  adapted  to  his  somewhat 
diminished  bodily  vigor.  The  quiet  of  an  intel- 
ligent country  village  affords  more  time  for 
patient  study  and  research,  and  is  thus  conducive 


•  While  these  sheets  are  passing  through  the  press,  we  learn 
that  Brother  B.  has  taken  charge  of  the  Fh-st  Baptist  Church  at 
Eome,  N.  Y. 


76  HISTOBT   OF  THE 

to  the  profit  of  both  pulpit  and  pew.  His  friends 
will  be  glad  to  know  that  he  regards  his  present 
position  as  extremely  pleasant,  and  that  peace, 
plenty  and  kindness  attend  him.  Both  of  his 
predecessors  in  the  ministry  among  ns  have  gone 
home.  The  following  sketch  from  his  pen  af- 
fords a  fitting  close  to  this  portion  of  the  work : 

THE  JOYFUL  DEATH-BED. 

Perhaps  there  is  no  conviction  that  becomes 
more  strongly  fixed  in  the  mind  of  a  Christian 
minister  of  long  experience  and  observation, 
than  that  the  dying  saint  has  often,  if  not  always, 
wondrous  and  preternatural  discoveries  of  hea- 
venly things  while  yet  this  side  the  spirit-world. 
Of  many  interesting  facts  and  memories  of  this 
kind,  few  have  made  deeper  impressions  than 
the  following: 

The  members  of  the  Stanton  street  Baptist 
Church  who  participated  in  the  Eevivals  of 
1842-4,  cannot  fail  to  recollect  the  name  and 
countenance  of  Mrs.  Mary  Lyon.  In  one  of 
those  seasons  of  refreshing — ^I  think  that  in 
which  we  were  aided  for  a  season  by  Eev.  Mr. 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST  CHTJBCH.  77 

Wescott — she  was  converted,  and  gave  sound 
and  thorough  evidence  of  renewal  of  heart. 
The  milder  graces  of  the  Gospel,  joined  with 
great  conscientiousness  and  fidelity  in  discharge 
of  duty,  seemed  especially  prominent.  She  felt 
from  the  first  that  religion  was  the  great  busi- 
ness of  life ;  that  her  time  was  brief,  and  that 
she  had  not  a  moment  to  spare,  in  view  of  the 
much  she  had  to  do.  The  privileges  of  the 
House  of  God  were  exceedingly  precious  to  her, 
and  none  were  neglected.  All  this  soon  came 
to  an  end.  She  met  her  brethren  but  a  few 
times  in  Christian  worship  before  a  severe  cold, 
contracted  by  exposure,  led  to  a  fatal  pulmonary 
disease.  She  lingered  a  few  months,  an  example 
of  patient  sufi^ering,  sustained  by  the  promises  of 
Christ,  mourning,  most  of  all,  that  she  could  no 
longer  join  in  the  devotions  of  the  sanctuary 
and  the  public  song  of  praise.  When  looking 
forward  to  a  dying  hour,  to  keener  distress  of 
body,  and  a  separation  from  her  little  family, 
she  often  supported  her  own  faith  by  repeating 
audibly  the  promise,  "  As  thy  days,  so  shall  thy 
strength  le^    During  her  whole  illness  this  as- 


78  HISTOEY   OF  THE 

suraiice  was  her  staff  and  help,  her  hope  in 
gloom.  His  "grace  would  be  sufficient"  for 
her. 

She  delighted  in  receiving  the  visits  of  her 
pastor,  who  never  left  her  bedside  without  feel- 
ing that  he  had  been  the  party  most  benefited 
by  the  interview.  Fully  conscious  that  her  days 
were  numbered  and  the  end  very  near,  her  affec- 
tions seemed  fixed  on  things  above  and  her  mind 
absorbed  in  expectation  of  "good  things  to 
come."  The  allotted  weeks  of  her  life  flew 
rapidly  away,  and  one  morning,  at  about  two 
o'clock,  her  pastor  was  summoned  at  her  request 
to  come  and  witness  the  closing  scene.  On  en- 
tering the  room,  it  seemed  no  place  of  sadness, 
none  of  mourning.  I  was  filled  with  amazement. 
Although  emaciated  to  the  last  degree,  her  eye 
had  lost  none  of  its  brightness ;  on  the  contrary, 
it  blazed  with  unwonted  brilliancy,  as  though 
the  glory  within  shot  out  its  rays  through  those 
windows  of  the  soul.  Her  whole  countenance 
was  lighted  up  with  joy.  She  bade  me  a  most 
cordial  welcome,  and  began  speaking  on  her 
favorite  topic — the  Saviour's  love  and  his  fidelity 


STANTON   STEEET  BAPTIST  CHTTECH.  79 

to  Ms  people  and  his  promises.  She  said  she 
had  expected  his  grace  would  be  sufficient  for  a 
dying  hour,  and  she  found  it  so.  Death  had  no 
power,  he  could  not  even  alarm  her.  "  This,"  said 
she,  "  is  the  happiest  hour  of  my  life.  !N"ever 
was  Christ  so  nigh,  so  precious — never  were  my 
hopes  so  bright,  my  way  so  clear."  She  seemed 
to  be  in  full  possession  of  all  her  rational  facul- 
ties to  the  last — calm  and  happy. 

Some  time  was  spent  in  prayer,  in  repeating 
promises  and  texts  suitable  to  her  state,  and  in 
listening  to  her  rapturous  expressions  of  joy, 
hope,  confidence  and  love.  When  an  hour,  per- 
haps, had  been  spent  thus,  she  advised  her  pastor 
to  go  home  and  retire  to  rest.  He  expressed  un- 
willingness to  leave  her  till  all  was  over,  but  she 
urged  her  request,  stating  that  to-morrow  would 
be  time  enough,  and  that  she  would  see  me 
again.  Said  she,  "  /  shall  not  go  to-night ;  my 
Saviour  came  for  me  at  12  o'clock  to-night^  and 
will  take  me  at  12  o^ clock  at  noon  /  he  is  here — 
he  stands  hy  yov/r  side — I  see  him  as  plainly  as  I 
see  any  of  you — he  will  never  leave  me  again — 
never ^  no  never ^  no  never  !     He  said,  *  If  I  go 


80  HISTORY   OF  THE 

away,  I  will  come  again  and  receive  you/  and 
he  Las  come,  blessed  be  bis  name !" 

She  then,  recollecting  tbat  sbe  would  be 
weaker,  and  perhaps  speechless,  when  I  came 
again,  began  to  give  directions  in  regard  to  the 
funeral  services.  She  selected  a  text,  her  favor- 
ite one,  "  As  thy  days,  so  shall  thy  strength  J^," 
and  wished  me  to  tell  the  people  how  fully  it 
had  been  performed  in  her  case.  She  asked  for 
her  hymn-book  and  a  lamp,  and  found  the  hymn 
she  had  selected  to  be  sung  on  that  occasion; 
and  with  eyes  half  palsied  in  death,  though  still 
brilHant,  read  with  difficulty  several  stanzas,  and 
among  them — 

**  Jesus  can  make  a  dying  bed 

Feel  soft  as  downy  pillows  are — 
Upon  his  breast  I'll  lean  my  head, 

And  breathe  my  life  out  sweetly  there !" 

Having  arranged  all  this  to  her  mind,  she  gave 
me  several  messages  to  be  delivered  to  the 
church — to  the  young  converts,  and  to  her  un- 
converted friends— sent,  as  she  said,  from  the 
borders  of  eternity. 


STAlfTON   STREET   BAPTIST   CHUKCH.  81 

I  left  her  soon  after,  but  saw  her  the  next  daj. 
She  lingered,  as  she  said  she  should,  until  12 
at  noon,  when  she  fell  asleep,  as  though  in  a 
Saviour's  arms,  peacefully,  quietly,  as  a  child  on 
its  mother's  bosom. 

Her  earthly  privileges  in  the  church  were  few 
and  transient,  for  she  scarcely  knew  what  health 
was  from  the  day  of  her  conversion.  Tliese  defi- 
ciencies, however,  her  Lord  knew  how  to  make 
up  to  her,  by  richer  and  more  familiar  displays 
of  himself;  so  that  the  period  of  earthly  trial 
and  probation  was  full  of  knowledge,  experience 
and  joy. 


82 


HISTORY   OF   THE 


Changes  during  the  Third  Period. 


ADDED  BY 

DIMINISHED  BY 

YEARS. 

a 

1 

h4 

1^ 

H 

a 
.2 

« 

H 

From  Sept.  1  to  June,  '42, 

93 

22 

5  120 

] 

23 

3 

3 

0 

29 

"     June, '42,     "       '43, 

113 

32 

4  149 

1 

23 

6 

4 

0 

33 

"     '43,      "       '44, 

60 

21 

5    86 

29 

2 

3 

14 

50 

u        u     >44^      u      ^45^ 

34 

14 

2|60' 

29 

8 

12 

3 

62 

"        "     '45,      "       '46, 

19 

15 

1 

0,  34 

35 

10 

6 

1 

58 

"     '46,  to  Nov.  15, 

0 

4 

oU 

12 

2 

4 

3 

21 

Total, 

319  108 

16  443 

1 

151 

31 

34 

1^ 

243 

Net  gain,  just  200. 

Number  when  brother  Bellamy  came, 335 

Gain, 443 


Loss, 


778 
243 


535 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHIIECH.  83 


PEKIOD   lY. 

MINISTRY  OF  REV.  S.  REMINGTON. 
Nov.  15th,  1846— Feb.  1st,  1852. 

Taking-  warning  from  the  montlis  of  anxiety 
and  trial  to  the  church  which  succeeded  the  pas- 
torate of  brother  Benedict,  it  was  thought  pru- 
dent to  secure  a  pastor  to  succeed  brother  Bel- 
lamy as  soon  as  possible.  The  church,  mean- 
while, prayed  without  ceasing  that  the  Lord 
would  send  them  an  under  shepherd,  and  their 
minds  were*  directed  to  Rev.  Stephen  Eeming- 
ton,  then  of  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  whom  they  invited 
to  preach  for  them  ;  and  the  church,  on  Tuesday 
evening,  September  29th,  1846,  extended  a  call 
to  him  to  become  their  pastor.  In  answer  to 
this  invitation,  a  letter  from  brother  Eemington 
was  read  to  the  church,  Sabbath  afternoon,  Oc- 
tober 11th,  1846,  from  which  the  following  is  an 
extract : 

"  My  earnest  prayer  is  that  the  church  may 


84:  HISTOSY   OF   THE 

grow  in  grace,  that  it  may  become  a  holy  church, 
each  member  walking  worthy  of  his  high  and 
holy  calling ;  and  that  the  beloved  congregation 
may  all  of  them  be  converted  to  God,  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

"For  these  noble  objects,  beloved  brethren 
and  sisters,  I  am  willing  to  labor  and  suffer 
among  you.  United  to  each  other  and  to  Christ, 
we  stand  —  divided  we  fall.  Eemember  your 
future  pastor  in  the  prayer-room,  at  the  family 
altar,  and  in  secret.  And  pray  earnestly  that  he 
may  come  to  you  in  the  fullness  of  the  blessing 
of  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  and  that  his  stay  among 
you  may  be  sanctioned  with  the  visible  tokens 
of  the  divine  favor. 

"  With  sincere  affection,  in  the  bonds  of  Gospel 
fellowship,  I  am,  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  your 
friend  and  brother,  and  by  this  acceptance, 
"  Your  future  pastor, 

"  Stephen  Kemtngton." 

Eev.  Stephen  Eemington  was  born  in  Bedford, 
Westchester  County,  !N'ew  York,  on  the  16th  of 


STANTON   STREET   BAPTIST   CHT7ECH.  85 

May,  in  the  year  1803,  of  pious  parents,  wlio  had 
been  for  many  years  connected  with  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Chnrch.  "While  still  a  boy,  they  de- 
parted this  life,  leaving  clear  and  satisfactory  evi- 
dence of  their  adoption  into  the  family  of  Christ, 
and  earnestly  beseeching  divine  mercy  npon  their 
children.  Stephen  was  greatly  moved  at  their 
loss,  and,  speaking  of  his  mother,  he  says :  "  I 
felt  the  influence  of  her  prayers  checking  me  in 
my  sinful  career,  awakening  in  my  mind  the  les- 
sons of  admonition  which  I  had  often  received 
from  her  lips,  and  producing  the  keenest  convic- 
tions of  conscience.  I  have  always  believed  that 
my  early  conversion  to  God  was  in  answer  to  her 
prayers." 

He  was  very  soon  the  subject  of  deep  convic- 
tion. Such  was  his  sense  of  guilt,  that  he  was  in 
the  severest  bondage  through  fear  of  death  and 
hell.  He  then  knew  not  how  God  could  be  just 
and  the  justifier  of  him  that  belie veth  in  Jesus ; 
he  did  not  apprehend  the  nature  of  salvation 
through  Christ,  "  Oh,  could  the  cross  of  Jesus," 
he  said  afterward,  "just  then  have  been  elevated 
to  my  view,  methinks  I  would  have    sought 

8* 


86  HISTORY   OF  THE 

refuge  beneath  its  shadow,  and  felt  the  healing 
streams  of  his  precious  blood." 

About  this  time  he  left  his  parents'  roof,  and 
came  to  reside  in  the  city  of  l^ew  York.  Here 
he  fell  into  bad  company — into  the  society  of 
wild,  godless  young  men.  He  became  a  profane 
swearer  and  a  Sabbath-breaker.  Still  his  con- 
victions had  never  fully  forsaken  him,  and  at 
times  thoughts  of  eternity  would  obtrude,  and  the 
terrors  of  death  would  check  his  course.  He 
dared  not  attempt  to  pray,  but  thoughts  of  death 
and  of  a  terrible  retribution  were  forced  upon 
him  by  his  own  escape  from  a  watery  grave  on 
the  occasion  of  the  drowning  of  three  brothers 
among  his  acquaintances,  who,  together  with 
himself  and  others,  were  violating  the  Sabbath 
by  sailing  and  fishing.  This  event  made  so  deep 
an  impression  upon  his  mind,  that  he  resolved 
never  again  to  desecrate  the  Sabbath  in  that  way. 
This  resolution  he  maintained.  He  now  attended 
church,  read  his  Bible,  prayed  in  secret,  and 
watched  over  his  besetting  sins ;  and  so  much  had 
his  conduct  improved  that  it  became  a  subject  of 
remark  among  his  friends. 


STANTON   STREET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  87 

At  this  time,  being  between  the  ages  of  fifteen 
and  sixteen,  he  went  to  reside  in  Ridgefield,  Conn. 
Here  lie  resolved  that  lie  would  continue  to  lead 
a  new  life,  and  that  all  his  associates  should  be 
those  who  feared  God.  He  was  rejoiced  to  learn 
that  the  family  in  which  he  was  to  reside,  was  a 
religious  one,  and  that  his  room-mate  was  a  con- 
sistent young  Christian.  He  found  the  example 
and  influence  of  this  friend  most  salutary ;  they 
expressed  their  feelings  freely  to  each  other, 
conversed  much  upon  the  subject  of  religion, 
and  prayed  one  for  the  other.  His  convictions 
now  assumed  a  different  phase,  marked  by  the 
almost  total  disappearance  of  that  dread  of  death, 
that  fearful  looking  for  judgment  which  charac- 
terized his  early  exercises.  He  began  to  fear, 
indeed,  that  God  had  given  him  over  to  hardness 
of  heart,  being  even  yet  ignorant  of  the  theory  of 
salvation.  He  still  felt  in  his  own  mind  that  he 
must  do  something  more  to  obtain  salvation  than 
he  had  ever  done,  and  yet  it  seemed  that  he 
never  could  of  himself  merit  eternal  life.  After 
continuing  in  this  state  five  months,  and  during 
this  period  seeking  God  day  and  night,  he  was 


88  HISTOEY   OF  THE 

bronght  to  see,  as  he  himself  expresses  it,  "just 
what  I  needed ;  that  is,  to  be  saved  from  my  sins, 
from  their  guilt  by  pardon,  and  from  their  domi- 
nion by  a  regenerated  heart."  It  was  on  a  Sab- 
bath morning,  when  just  past  his  sixteenth  year, 
that  he  found  peace,  while  praying  with  his  pious 
room-mate.  He  writes  :  "  One  thing  I  know,  I 
loved  God,  and  Jesus  Christ  whom  he  hath  sent, 
and  this  filled  my  heart  with  an  undying  love  to 
a  perishing  world.  The  mainspring  of  my  zeal 
was  to  win  souls  to  Christ.  Imperfect  and  feeble 
as  my  labors  were,  they  were  not  in  vain  in  the 
Lord.  It  was  not  long  before  I  had  the  happi- 
ness of  seeing  many  of  my  young  companions, 
and  even  those  far  my  seniors,  made  the  subjects 
of  saving  grace. 

"  I  was  led  to  unite  with  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church,  because  there  seemed  to  be  more  of 
the  life  and  power  of  religion  among  them  than 
any  other  people  with  whom  I  was  acquainted. 
Mr.  "Wesley  used  to  say,  ^  Methodism  is  a  con- 
tinued revival  of  religion!'  May  God  fill  the 
world  full  of  such  Methodism !" 

For  a  while  he  taught  school,  and  then  was 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHUECH.  89 

received  into  the  conference  as  a  traveling 
preacher.  After  a  four  years'  course  of  study,  he 
was  ordained ;  but  during  all  the  interval  from  the 
time  of  his  conversion,  he  had  sought  to  lead  sin- 
ners to  the  Saviour.  Several  considerations  led 
him  to  seek  a  medical  education,  and  he  accord- 
ingly graduated  at  Harvard  University,  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  Still  he  preached 
every  Sabbath  day,  and  sought  at  once  to 
benefit  the  bodies  as  well  as  the  souls  of  men. 
In  less  than  a  year,  however,  the  interests  of  the 
church  required  his  entire  time,  and  the  medical 
profession  was  abandoned.  "While  in  the  Metho- 
dist connection,  brother  Kemington  was  a  member 
of  the  'New  York,  Troy  and  New  England  Con- 
ferences, and  was  stationed  at  Hartford,  Conn., 
Brooklyn,  IST.  Y.,  ISTew  York  city,  Troy,  Sche- 
nectady, and  Boston  and  Lowell,  in  Mass.  It 
was  while  pastor  of  St.  Paul's  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church,  in  Lowell,  that  he  changed  his 
views  of  Gospel  truth,  and  left  that  denomination. 
In  February,  1846,  himself  and  wife  were  bap- 
tized into  the  fellowship  of  the  Worthen  street 
Baptist  Church,  Lowell,  by  the  Eev.  Lemuel  Por- 


90  HISTORY    OF   THE 

ter,  pastor.  His  ^''Reasons  for  Becoming  aBajp- 
tist^'^  published  soon  afterward,  has  obtained  an 
immense  circulation,  and  no  donbt  has  been  pro- 
ductive of  great  good.  On  the  19th  of  March, 
1846,  brother  E.  was  publicly  recognized  as 
pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church  at  Fitchburg,  Mass. 
The  sermon  was  delivered  by  Eev.  L.  Porter, 
right  hand  of  fellowship  extended  by  Eev.  Orrin 
Tracy,  charge  by  the  Eev.  Daniel  Sharp,  D.D., 
of  Boston,  and  charge  to  the  church  by  Eev.  D. 
D.  Pratt,  of  IN'ashua,  ^N".  II.  Though  pleasantly 
situated  in  Fitchburg,  brother  E.  deemed  it  his 
duty  to  accept  the  invitation  so  cordially  ex- 
tended by  this  church,  and  he  entered  upon  the 
duties  of  this  pastorate,  November  15,  1846, 
having,  with  great  acceptance,  served  the  church 
at  Fitchburg  about  eight  months. 

On  Friday  evening,  IS'ovember  2Tth,  the 
letters  of  dismission  of  brother  Eemington,  and 
Mrs.  Ehza  Ann,  his  wife,  were  received,  and  on 
the  first  Sabbath  in  December  the  right  hand  of 
fellowship  was  extended  to  them  on  behalf  of  the 
church,  by  Dr.  John  E.  Bigelow.  The  public 
recognition  took  place  in  the  meeting-house,  on 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHUKCH.  91 

the  24tli,  as  follows :  Singing  the  eighty-fourth 
hjmn  of  Winchel's  Collection ;  reading  first 
Corinthians,  first  chapter,  from  18th  verse,  by 
Rev.  J.  T.  Seelej ;  opening  prayer,  by  Eev. 
David  Bellamy ;  singing ;  sermon  by  Rev.  John 
Dowling,  D.D.,  on  first  Corinthians,  i.  23  :  "  We 
preach  Christ  crucified,  unto  the  Jews  a  stumhling- 
block,  and  unto  the  Greeks  foolishness  y"  prayer 
by  Rev.  C.  G-.  Somers,  D.J). ;  right  hand  of 
fellowship  by  Rev.  George  Benedict ;  charge  to 
the  pastor  by  Rev.  S.  H.  Cone,  D.D. ;  charge  to 
the  church  and  congregation  by  Rev.  J.  L. 
Hodge,  D.D. ;  singing  by  the  choir ;  closing 
prayer  by  father  Peck  ;  and  benediction  by  the 
pastor. 

From  this  time  to  the  beginning  of  February 
the  number  of  letters  of  dismission  granted, 
together  with  the  exclusions  and  deaths,  amounted 
to  forty-nine ;  but  at  that  time  eleven  persons 
came  before  the  church  and  related  what  they 
believed  God  had  done  for  their  souls.  These 
primitice,  or  "  first  fruits,"  were  baptized  in  the 
East  River,  at  the  head  of  Water  street,  on  the 
first  Sabbath  in  the  month. 


92  mSTOET   OF  THE 

In  April,  a  communication  was  received  from 
tlie  Hope  Chapel  Baptist  Churcli,  requesting  the 
appointment  of  delegates  to  sit  in  council,  with, 
those  from  other  churches,  to  consider  the  pro- 
priety of  recognizing  them  as  a  regular  Baptist 
Chmxh.  In  compliance  with  this  request  the  pas- 
tor and  three  brethren  were  appointed,  and,  after 
a  careful  consideration  of  the  subject,  the  Hope 
Chapel  Church  was  formally  recognized.  Over 
one  hundred  of  its  members  had  taken  letters 
from  Stanton  street.  This  reduction  of  our 
number  was  felt  for  a  considerable  period,  and 
the  best  efforts  of  all  were  required  to  sustain  the 
various  interests  and  departments  of  the  church. 
The  pastor  speaks  particularly  of  the  efficiency 
of  the  Board  of  Deacons,  whose  sympathy  and 
cheerful  cooperation  never  failed.  Deacon 
Phelps  he  describes  as  kind,  courteous,  but 
cautious ;  he  was  a  balance-wheel  and  a  peace- 
maker. Deacon  Cowan  was  familiar  with  the 
entire  history  of  the  body,  and  was  a  directory 
for  each  family  and  member.  Deacon  Thompson 
seemed  to  be  all  heart,  and  that  heart  full  of  love. 
In  the  chamber  of  sickness  and  death  he  was  at 


STANTON   STREET   BAPTIST   CHUKCH.  93 

home.  The  widow  and  the  fatherless  found  in  him 
an  unfailing  friend.  Deacon  Bailie  was  a  Sundaj- 
school  man,  and  devoted  himself  to  the  interests  of 
that  department  with  unflagging  zeal.  Deacon 
Akerly  was  distinguished  for  his  whole-souled 
liberality,  and  Deacon  Watson  for  a  strong  adhe- 
rence to  orthodox  views  and  the  old  paths.  Deacons 
Phelps  and  Bailie  are  still  office-bearers  among  us. 
"We  feel  that  we  should  neglect  a  duty  which 
we  owe  to  the  church  and  the  cause  of  Christ, 
did  we  pass  over  in  silence  the  interesting  death 
of  one  of  the  young  brethren,  which  occurred  at 
this  time.  "William  L.  Mangam,  on  the  27th 
day  of  August,  1847,  in  the  twenty-second 
year  of  his  age,  departed  to  be  with  Christ, 
which  is  far  better.  At  the  age  of  seventeen, 
while  attending  a  series  of  meetings  held 
in  the  Norfolk  street  Baptist  Church,  under 
the  pastoral  care  of  the  beloved  Benedict,  the 
Holy  Spirit  fastened  the  arrow  of  conviction 
upon  his  heart,  and  brought  up  before  his  mind 
the  sins  of  the  past  in  their  most  vivid  form,  so 
that  he  found  no  rest.  But  unwilling  to  yield 
his  heart  to  God,  he  strove  to  drown  the  voice  of 
9 


9i  HISTORY   OF   THE 

conscience  bj  plunging  into  sin.  Tlius  lie  par- 
tially succeeded  in  alleviating  the  poignancy  of 
conviction,  until  the  following  winter,  1844, 
wlien  meetings  of  a  similar  kind  being  held  in 
Stanton  street,  lie  was  earnestly  persuaded  by 
Christian  friends  to  attend.  Being  invited  to 
the  theater  on  one  of  the  evenings  on  which  a 
prayer-meeting  was  to  be  held,  he  was  urged  to 
be  present  at  the  latter,  and,  after  a  severe 
struggle,  concluded  to  do  so.  Here  the  Holy 
Spirit  revived  his  former  convictions.  He  now 
saw  that  he  had  reached  the  crisis  of  his  immor- 
tal soul,  and  that  a  prompt  decision,  followed  by 
immediate  action,  was  the  only  door  of  escape 
from  the  wrath  to  come.  Therefore,  on  the 
"  4th  of  February,  1844,  he  resolved  to  surrender 
himself  to  Christ,  and  went  forward  to  the 
anxious-seat  for  the  prayers  of  the  people  of 
God.  But  though  his  distress  w^as  great,  and 
his  humility  unfeigned,  yet  he  found  no  relief 
that  evening.  The  load  of  guilt  still  pressed 
upon  his  conscience,  and  with  a  broken  heart 
and  contrite  ^spirit,  he  left  the  house  of  prayer. 
On  the  following  evening  he  was  again  found 


STANTON    STEEET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  95 

in  the  lecture-room,  at  the  feet  of  Jesus,  as  a 
suppliant  for  mercy,  when  deliverance  came  to 
his  poor  sin-stricken  heart.  He  was  baptized 
into  the  fellowship  of  the  church,  on  Lord's  Day 
morning,  February  18th ;  and  from  that  time 
until  the  day  of  his  death  he  remained  steadfast, 
growing  in  grace.  In  less  than  four  years  he 
finished  his  course;  but  short  as  was  his 
Christian  career,  he  was  ripe  for  heaven.  He 
was  emphatically  gathered  from  God's  Spiritual 
harvest-field."  * 

Passing  over  the  incidents  of  his  Christian 
experience,  related  by  brother  Remington,  an 
extract  from  the  same  article  with  reference  to 
his  triumphant  death,  will  close  this  sketch. 

"  During  the  night  on  which  he  died,  his 
distress  was  great,  from  shortness  of  breath.  He 
desired  to  see  the  doctor,  but  his  father,  who  was 
aware  that  it  was  death,  directed  him  to  look  to 
the  Physician  of  souls.  He  was  silent  a  short 
time,  as  if  in  prayer,  and  then  almost  in  an 
unearthly  voice,  the  word  *  Glory'  was  uttered 

*  Rev.  S.  Remington's  "  Incidents  from  a  Pastor's  Hand 
Book:' 


yo  HISTORY   OF  THE 

by  our  dying  friend,  then  'Plallelujah' — 'Good 
bye.'  His  motlier  said:  *My  son,  you  are 
dying.'  'Yes,  mother,'  he  replied,  with  a 
hea-venly  smile.  '  Father,  dear  father,  I  am  glad 
that  you  did  not  send  for  the  doctor.  It  is 
death !'  Eaising  his  voice — '  open  the  doors  and 
tell  them  to  come  in  and  see  how  a  Christian  can 
die.'  The  room  was  soon  filled  wdth  the  family 
and  friends.  An  impenitent  young  man  was 
absent  whom  he  requested  to  see.  While  some 
one  went  for  him,  William  addressed  himself  to 
an  unconverted  brother-in-law :  '  Oh,  what  will 
you  do  without  a  Saviour,  when  death  stares  you 
in  the  face  as  it  does  me  V  He  continued  talk- 
ing with  great  earnestness  to  this  individual  for 
some  time.  '  Your  wife,'  said  he,  '  is  one  of  my 
unconverted  sisters.'  And  then,  turning  to  her, 
in  the  most  touching  appeals  warned  her  to  pre- 
pare to  meet  her  God.  In  the  mean  time,  the 
young  man  sent  for  had  arrived,  to  whom  he 
said :  '  Oh  what  will  you  do  without  the  presence 
of  Jesus,  when  the  King  of  terrors  comes?  I 
have  wanted,  as  ofttimes  I  have  done,  to  warn 
you ;  and  now  is  the  time,  for  this  is  death. 


STANTON^   STREET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  97 

I  am  dying  !  Will  yon  promise  me  tliat  you  will 
seek  tlie  Lord?'  He  answered  that  lie  wonld 
try.  Our  young  brother  then  spoke  to  an  aunt 
present,  who  was  far  advanced  in  life,  and 
exhorted  her  to  prepare  for  death.  Then  he 
attempted  to  sing,  repeating — '  Hal-le-lu-jah — 
glory — O  that  eternal  weight  of  glory — ^hal- 
le-lu-jah — I  would  not  live  alway,  I  ask  not 
to  stay,'  ete.  Then,  turning  to  his  only  brother, 
he  said,  in  sweetest  accents :  *  Live  for  God.  Be 
thou  faithful  unto  death,  and  meet  your  brother 
in  heaven.'  After  this,  reverently  turning  to  his 
father,  he  said :  ^  My  dear  father,  did  you  ever 
contemplate  the  glorious  plan  of  salvation?' 
'Yes,  my  son,'  replied  his  father.  'Is  it  not 
majestic  ?'  responded  William.  *  It  is,  my  son,' 
answered  the  father,  adding,  '  and  you  will 
soon  behold  it  with  immortal  sight.'  *  Oh,  my 
father,'  said  the  dying  son,  'I  see  it  now  five 
times  as  bright  as  you  do.  Oh  glory !'  '  Oh  'tis 
not  by  works  of  righteousness  which  we  have 
done,  but  according  to  his  mercy  that  he  saves 
us — hallelujah — glory !' 


9* 


:98  HISTORY  OF  THE 

"  '  0  sing  to  me  of  heaven, 

When  I  am  called  to  die — 
Sing  songs  of  holy  ecstasy, 
To  waft  my  soul  on  high.' 

"  Then  to  liis  mother  he  said :  *  This  is  death !  I 
am  dying !  IVe  got  my  senses — I  can  see — ^I 
can  hear — but  my  breath ' — (gasping  for  breath 
as  he  was  speaking).  '  Oh  this  machinery.  Je — 
Jesus  is  precious.  Downy  jnllmvs  were  never  so 
soft  as  a  dying  l)ed  with  the  jpresence  of  Jesus, 
Hallelujah  P  After  remaining  quite  silent  and 
motionless  for  a  few  moments,  he  suddenly 
became  animated,  and  cried  out :  '  The  chariot 
of  the  Lord  and  the  horsemen  thereof.'  One 
word  more — 'hallelujah !' — fell  from  his  faltering 
tongue,  when  he  ceased  to  breathe,  and  his 
sanctified  spirit  was  unclothed  of  its  earthly 
house,  and  soared  aloft  to  glory  and  to  God,  to  be 
clothed  upon  with  that  house  not  made  with 
hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens.  He  requested  to 
have  inscribed  on  his  tomb — '  Live  for  God.'  " 

The  funeral  sermon  was  delivered  in  the 
Stanton  street  Church  by  the  pastor,  from  these 
words,  selected  by  himself  during  his  last  ill- 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHTJECH.  99 

ness — "/  have  found  a  ransomP — Job,  xxxiii. 
24. 

For  some  months,  an  inquiry  had  been  going 
on  relative  to  the  propriety  of  administering  the 
ordinance  of  baptism  in  the  meeting-house 
instead  of  in  the  river,  as  hitherto.  It  was 
thought  that  the  expense  of  engaging  convey- 
ances to  the  water,  the  noise  caused  by  them  in 
passing  through  the  streets,  thus  disturbing  the 
worship  of  other  churches,  and  the  extreme  dif- 
ficulty of  securing  a  suitable  place  along  the 
river,  were  reasons  that  would  justify  the  con- 
struction of  a  baptistery  within  the  meeting- 
house. On  the  twenty-third  of  June,  1847,  there- 
fore, the  church  authorized  the  Board  of 
Trustees  to  erect  a  baptistery,  with  necessary 
rooms  adjoining.  They  immediately  entered 
upon  the  work,  and  caused  a  building  to  be 
erected  in  the  rear  of  the  meeting-house,  contain- 
ing two  rooms  and  the  pulpit,  under  which  was 
placed  the  baptistery. 

While  these  alterations  were  taking  place,  the 
pastor  was  sojourning  in  Europe.  There  his 
health  greatly  improved,  and   he  visited   the 


100  HISTOKY   OF  THE 

birthplace  and  grave  of  Joliii  Bunyan,  and 
many  other  places  frequented  by  that  good  and 
remarkable  man — a  fact  that  accounts,  in  part, 
for  the  success  of  brother  Eemington's  series  of 
lectures  on  Bunyan  and  the  Pilgrim's  Progress, 
delivered  after  his  return. 

It  should  be  remarked  that  the  first  discourse 
delivered  by  the  pastor  in  the  new  pulpit,  was 
founded  on  I^Tehemiah,  viii.  4 :  "  And  Ezra,  the 
scribe,  stood  upon  a  pulpit  of  wood  which  they 
had  made  for  the  purpose ;  and  beside  him  stood 
Mattithiah,  and  Shema,  and  Anaiah,  and  TJrijah, 
and  Hilkiah,  and  Maaseiah,  on  his  right  hand ; 
and  on  his  left  hand  Pedaiah,  and  Mishael,  and 
Malchiah,  and  Hashum,  and  Hashbadana,  Zecha- 
riah,  and  Meshullam."  The  appropriateness  of 
the  text  to  the  circumstances  under  which  the 
discourse  was  delivered,  was  somewhat  remark- 
able. 

It  is  worthy  of  notice  also,  that  a  copy  of  their 
large  illustrated  Bible  was  presented  for  pulpit 
use  by  Harper  &  Brothers,  and  the  church 
acknowledged  their  courtesy  in  a  suitable  man- 
ner.— One  of  the  first  persons  baptized  in  the 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHURCH.  101 

meeting-liouse  was  brother  D.  H.  Miller,  who 
was  licensed  to  preach  on  the  4th  of  April, 
1847.  Five  persons  were  immersed  in  the  new 
baptistery  on  the  first  Sabbath  of  ]^ovember.  In 
the  summer  of  this  year  heaters  were  substituted 
for  stoves,  and  the  next  year  new  pews  were  put 
in  at  a  cost  of  $1,650.  These  changes  greatly 
improved  our  meeting-house. 

The  winter  having  now  come,  and  the  provi- 
dences of  God  opening  the  way,  the  church 
resolved,  on  the  evening  of  the  24th  of  Decem- 
ber, "  that  relying  on  the  great  Head  of  the 
Church  for  a  blessing  on  their  efibrts,  they 
would,  commencing  with  the  new  year,  hold  a 
series  of  religious  meetings  every  evening  except 
Saturday,  so  long  as  the  providence  of  God 
might  seem  to  justify  the  same."  A  preparatory 
resolution  had  been  passed  on  the  22d, 
"that  the  first  Monday  of  the  new  year 
should  be  observed  as  a  day  of  humiliation,  fast- 
ing and  prayer,  for  the  outpouring  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  upon  the  church  and  the  world."  As  the 
result  of  these  means  put  forth,  three  persons 
were    baptized    upon  the  first    Lord's  day  in 


102  HISTORY   OF  THE 

January,  1848,  and  on  the  evening  of  the 
81st,  twelve  persons  related  their  Christian  ex- 
periences and  were  received  for  baptism.  The 
work  now  went  forward;  twelve  persons  were 
baptized  on  the  last  Sabbath  in  February,  and 
eight  on  the  first  Sabbath  in  March. 

The  number  of  baptisms  during  Mr.  Heming- 
ton's  ministry  was  two  hundred  and  eleven  (211), 
the  total  received  to  our  fellowship  amounted  to 
three  hundred  and  thirty  (330) ;  and  though  we 
numbered  five  hundred  and  twenty-eight  (528) 
when  he  left  us,  only  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
eight  of  them  were  members  with  us  when  he 
took  charge.  These  facts  show  how  soon  a 
church  would  die  without  constant  additions 
from  the  world  around.  These  continual  fluctu- 
ating and  changes  do  not,  however,  weaken  the 
cause  at  large.  Many  colonies  and  members 
have  gone  out  from  this  body  to  constitute  and 
strengthen  other  churches,  and  scores  have  left 
us  for  the  better  land. 

In  the  letter  to  the  Hudson  Eiver  Association, 
for  the  year  1848,  the  death  of  Deacon  James 
Cowan  was  announced.     Brother  Cowan  was  a 


STANTON   STREET   BAPTIST   CBTIJECH.  103 

native  of  the  north  of  Ireland,  where  his  child- 
hood and  youth  were  spent,  and  where  he  was 
trained  by  pious  parents  for  the  service  of  the 
Lord.  In  the  year  1800  he  emigrated  to  this 
country,  and  was  for  some  years  a  teacher  in  the 
Sabbath  school  connected  with  the  church  of 
which  Rev.  J.  Chase  was  the  pastor.  Being 
once  invited  to  open  the  exercises  of  the  school 
with  prayer,  he  with  great  mortification,  de- 
clined— a  circumstance  which  led  him  imme- 
diately to  make  up  his  mind  to  be  a  Christ- 
ian. This  resolution  he  by  divine  grace  put 
in  practice,  and  in  April,  1827,  he  came  be- 
fore the  Union  Church  and  related  the  Lord's 
dealings  with  his  soul.  His  baptism  was  admin- 
istered by  Elder  Eastman,  on  the  first  Sabbath 
in  March,  in  the  Korth  Eiver.  From  this  time 
until  the  day  of  his  death  his  labors  were  abun- 
dant. For  seventeen  years  he  was  connected 
with  the  Sabbath  school,  thirteen  of  which  he 
bore  the  responsibilities  of  the  office  of  super- 
intendent ;  and  although  he  was  released  from 
these  severe  cares  for  the  four  years  preceding 
his  death,  he,  nevertheless,  lost  none  of  the  lively 


104  HISTORY   OF  THE 

interest  whicli  lie  had  ever  manifested  in  the 
welfare  of  children.  The  last  words  he  uttered 
a  few  moments  before  his  departure  bear  witness 
to  this.  "  Tell  the  Sunday-school  teachers,"  said 
he,  "to  be  faithful.  Tell  the  church  and  the 
pastor  to  be  faithful."  He  was  a  member  of  the 
first  Board  of  Trustees  ever  elected  by  this  con- 
gregation. During  the  many  years  in  which  he 
served  his  brethren  in  this  capacity,  his  integ- 
rity, prudence  and  correct  business  habits  were 
remarkable.  As  a  deacon,  he  was  faithful  to  his 
brethren  and  his  pastor,  and  as  a  church  clerk, 
he  was  prompt,  careful,  and  accurate  to  the 
most  minute  particular.  The  church  was  be- 
reaved in  his  death,  but  they  were  rejoiced  in 
the  continued  grace  manifested  in  his  last 
moments,  and  in  the  evidence  he  gave  of  his 
adoption  into  the  family  of  Christ.  A  series  of 
resolutions  was  passed  at  the  church  meeting 
held  April  28th,  which,  considering  his  well- 
ordered  Hfe  as  a  legacy  to  Zion,  the  church 
ordered  to  be  placed  upon  the  records.  His 
companion  still  lives  to  mourn  his  loss,  and  con- 
tinues to  look  forward  with  the  Christian's  hope. 


STANTON   STKEET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  105 

to  the  time  when  they  shall  be  reunited. 
Brother  Cowan  was  the  only  officer  of  the 
church  who  has  died  while  in  its  service. 

For  some  years  preceding  his  decease,  brother 
C.  had  not  enjoyed  robust  health,  but  on  the 
Sabbath  of  the  week  in  which  he  died,  he  was 
in  his  place  as  usual.  On  the  following  Sunday 
the  meeting-house  was  crowded  on  the  occasion 
of  his  funeral. 

In  June,  1849,  Rev.  John  Pettes,  a  brother 
greatly  beloved,  was  removed  by  death ;  and  we 
lost  two  excellent  brethren  -by  the  cholera  in  the 
summer  of  the  same  year. 

On  the  evening  of  July  10th,  1850,  a  deeply 
interesting  farewell  missionary  meeting  was  held 
in  our  house  of  worship.  It  was  the  eve  of  the 
departure  of  Rev.  Eugenio  Kincaid  and  Dr. 
Dawson  for  Burmah.  In  the  course  of  his  re- 
marks, brother  Kincaid  said :  "  I  was  born  in 
the  northern  part  of  this  State,  near  the  St.  Law- 
rence. When  quite  a  lad,  I  had  a  strong  desire 
to  obtain  an  education.  I  asked  my  pastor 
if  he  knew  any  learned  minister  of  the  Bap- 
tist denomination.    He  informed  me  that  there 

10 


106  HISTORY  OF  THE 

was  one  hj  the  name  of  Hascall,  residing  some- 
where out  in  Madison  County.  "We  got  our  best, 
though  imperfect,  map  of  the  State,  and  ascer- 
tained its  location,  and  with  a  bundle  under  my 
arm,  I  started  off,  one  hundred  miles  on  foot,  to 
find  the  place.  While  pursuing  my  studies  at 
Hamilton,  under  elder  Hascall,  I  heard  a  sermon 
from  a  returned  missionary,  Rev.  Luther  Hice. 
I  then  resolved,  before  he  was  half  through  with 
his  sermon,  that  if  the  Lord  would  open  the  way, 
I  would  become  a  missionary.  I  went  to  Bur- 
mah,  and  remained  there  thirteen  years.  If,  in 
my  first  going  out,  there  was  anything  like  ro- 
mance in  it,  I  am  certain  there  is  none  now. 
We  know  where  we  go,  and  what  trials  we  shall 
be  called  to  endure.  We  know  not  that  any- 
thing new  can  happen  to  us.  I  have  spent  many 
happy  days  with  Christians  in  my  native  land, 
but  never  was  I  more  happy  than  when  upon 
the  banks  of  the  Irrawaddy,  far  away  from  civil- 
ized society,  and  surrounded  by  pagan  darkness. 
We  go  six  hundred  and  fifty  miles  beyond  any 
missionary  station  and  from  a  post-office,  in  the 
heart  of  the  Burman  Empire. 


STANTON   STREET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  lOT 

"  My  dear  Christian  friends,  we  shall  probably 
never  see  jour  faces  again  in  the  flesh.  We 
shall  often,  when  far  away,  visit,  in  imagination, 
your  dwellings,  meet  in  your  public  assemblies, 
bow  with  you  at  your  family  altars,  and  sit  with 
you  at  your  tables.  Then  pray  for  us.  Fare- 
well!" 

He  was  followed  by  Dr.  Dawson,  who  said : 
"In  1830,  while  on  heathen  shores,  I  heard  a 
sermon  from  a  missionary,  and  when  going  from 
the  meeting,  putting  his  hand  upon  my  shoulder, 
the  missionary  remarked,  'My  lad,  you  are 
young,  but  not  too  young  to  serve  God.'  That 
remark  was  the  means  of  leading  me  to  Christ. 
And  now,  how  mysterious  the  Providence  that  I 
should  be  permitted  to  return  in  company  with 
the  same  missionary." 

Eev.  S.  H.  Cone,  D.D.,  then  said:  "At  the 
request  of  this  Church,  and  also  of  the  Board  of 
the  Missionary  Union,  I  arise  to  address  a  few 
words  to  you.  Twenty  years  ago  you  preached 
in  the  old  Oliver  street  meeting-house,  upon  the 
eve  of  your  departure  for  the  heathen.     Taking 


108  HISTORY   OF  THE 

your  text  from  Ephesians,  you  dwelt  upon  the 
distinguishing  doctrine  of  grace.  "We  rejoiced 
that  you  were  going  far  hence  to  preach  such 
a  Gospel.  I  remember  well  while  you  were 
preaching  at  that  time  how  the  perspiration 
poured  from  your  face.  I  slipped  a  white  hand- 
kerchief having  my  name  marked  on  it  in  full 
into  your  hand,  with  which  you  wiped  away  the 
tears  and  big  drops,  and,  apparently  refreshed, 
continued  your  discourse  with  new  vigor.  After 
sermon  you  handed  me  the  handkerchief.  I  said 
no  ;  it  is  not  mine.  Brother  Kincaid  tells  me 
he  has  that  handkerchief  still.  You  say  there  is 
no  poetry  in  the  work  now.  Why,  my  brother, 
it  is  all  poetry.  Did  you  not  preach  to  us  last 
Sabbath  morning  from  these  words, '  Ask  of  me, 
and  I  will  give  thee  the  heathen  for  thine  inheri- 
tance, and  the  uttermost  jparts  of  the  earth  for  a 
possession,''  Do  we  not  read,  ^  They  sJiall  heat 
their  swords  into  plowshares  and  their  shears 
into  jpruning  hooks,  nation  shall  not  lift  ujp 
sword  against  nation,  neither  shall  they  learn 
war  any  more,''    Is  not  all  this  poetry — the  poe- 


STANTON    STREET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  109 

trj  of  the  Bible  ?  What  shall  I  say  in  parting 
with  you,  my  brother  ?  The  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
be  with  you  ;  when  you  come  to  see  the  heathen 
land,  you  will  need  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  with 
you.  Though  you  go  six  hundred  and  fifty  miles 
beyond  any  missionary,  and  into  the  heart  of 
Burmah,  yet  if  you  have  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
with  you,  you  will  have  nothing  to  fear."  Then 
taking  them  by  the  hand,  he  said :  "  I  bid  you 
farewell.  If  you  were  my  own  son,"  said  he  to 
brother  Kincaid,  "  I  could  not  feel  a  deeper  in- 
terest in  you.  It  will  be  but  a  short  time  before 
we  shall  shake  hands  on  the  battlements  of  the 
celestial  city.  Twenty  years  ago  I  said  we  should 
not  meet  again.  I  thought  so  then  ;  I  am  very 
sure  of  it  now.  I  am  going  soon  to  my  narrow 
home.     Farewell !" 

Eev.  John  Dowling,  D.D.,  then  read  the  105th 
hymn  of  the  Supplement  to  the  Psalmist  (by  the 
missionary  Sutton) : 

"  Hail !  sweetest,  dearest  tie,  that  binds  • 

Our  glowing  hearts  in  one  ; 
Hail !  sacred  hope  that  turns  our  minda 
To  harmony  divine. 
10* 


110  HISTORY   OF  THE 

It  is  the  hope,  the  blissful  hope, 

Which  Jesus'  grace  has  given — 
The  hope,  when  days  and  years  are  past, 

We  all  shall  meet  in  heaven !" 

The  entire  congregation  rose  and  sung  this 
hymn  with  deep  feeling,  and  after  taking  up  the 
collection,  which  amounted  to  some  seventy  dol- 
lars, the  benediction  was  pronounced  by  brother 
Kincaid. 

The  words  of  Dr.  Cone  were  lamentably  true. 
He  passed  away  from  the  scenes  of  his  toil  before 
brother  Kincaid  revisited  his  native  land. 

The  pastor,  who  was  with  brother  Benedict 
when  he  died,  preached  a  suitable  discourse  upon 
the  subject,  November  26th,  1848,  from  Daniel 
xii.  3.  "  And  they  that  he  wise  shall  shine  as 
the  brightness  of  the  firmament ;  and  they  that 
turn  many  to  righteousness^  as  the  stars  forever 
and  evevP  Mrs.  Elizabeth  N'oe,  one  of  our  con- 
stituent members,  departed  June  10th,  1848,  in 
the  65th  year  of  her  age,  and  the  42d  of  her 
Christian  pilgrimage.  Miss  Malvina  Harris,  and 
others  greatly  beloved,  passed  away  from  time  to 
time,  and  on  Sabbath  morning,  December  T,  1851, 


STANTON    STREET   BAPTIST   CHURCH.  Ill 

Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  Eemington,  wife  of  our  pastor, 
deceased,  after  a  long  and  painful  illness.  Her 
funeral  was  attended  in  the  meeting-house  on 
Tuesday  by  an  immense  crowd  of  sympathizing 
friends.  The  Eev.  Thomas  Armitage  preached 
on  the  occasion,  by  request  of  the  deceased,  from 
1  Peter,  i.  3,  4,  5.  Her  remains  were  removed 
to  Greenwood. 

Soon  after  this  event,  on  the  24:th  of  December, 
the  pastor  tendered  his  resignation,  and  his  con- 
nection with  this  church  terminated  February  1st, 
1852.  His  farewell  sermon  was  preached  from 
Phil.  i.  27,  and  the  church  voted  a  cordial  ex- 
pression of  their  fraternal  feeling  for  brother 
Remington,  in  a  letter  from  which  the  following 
extracts  are  taken : 

"Dear  Brother:  ...  In  parting  with 
you,  we  rejoice  to  know  that  the  kindest  feeling 
exists  between  pastor  and  people,  and  we  only 
become  reconciled  to  your  leaving  us  from  the 
fact  that  you  feel  fully  persuaded  that  the  Mas- 
ter has  a  more  important  work  for  you  in  another 
part  of  his  vineyard.      ...    In  surveying  the 


112  HISTORY   OF  THE 

past,  we  well  remember  the  discouraging  pros- 
pects wliicli  attended  your  coming  among  us. 
.  .  .  We  were  then  just  passing  through 
severe  trials ;  our  former  pastor  leaving  us  and 
taking  with  him  a  colony  of  above  one  himdred 
of  our  number,  and  one-fourth  of  our  congrega- 
tion. .  .  .  Our  house  of  worship  was,  how- 
ever, soon  filled  with  attentive  hearers,  and  many 
happy  converts  were  added  to  us.  .  .  .  And 
now,  dear  brother,  in  parting  with  you,  we  are 
happy  that,  as  we  have  lived  together  in  peace 
and  harmony,  so  we  part.  Our  prayers  go  with 
you  to  your  new  field  of  labor.  May  the  grace 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  be  with  your  spirit  ever- 
more.    Amen." 

On  the  15th  of  May,  1852,  we  lost  a  lovely 
young  Christian  brother  in  the  death  of  Washing- 
ton Lewis.  While  health  enabled  him,  he  was  an 
efficient  and  faithful  Sunday-School  teacher,  but 
it  was  soon  evident  that  he  was  fading  away. 
Some  time  was  spent  in  Georgia  for  the  benefit 
of  his  health,  and  he  also  visited  the  South  of 
Europe,  but  all  in  vain.    He  died  in  great  peace, 


STANTON"    STEEET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  113 

the  pastor  being  with  him,  and  closing  his  eyes. 
On  Sunday  the  young  men  bore  his  body  to  the 
meeting-house,  and  brother  R.  preached  from  1 
John,  iii.  2.  The  body  was  placed  in  front  of  the 
pulpit,  where  so  many  loved  ones  have  lain,  and 
the  entire  congregation  passed  around  to  take  the 
farewell  look.  His  remains  repose  in  the  beauti- 
ful cemetery  in  Second  street,  but  his  ransomed 
spirit  has,  we  believe,  ascended  to  its  Father  and 
its  God. 

From  IN'ew  York,  brother  Remington  went 
to  Philadelphia,  and  took  charge  of  the  Third 
Baptist  Church  in  that  city.  After  a  pastorate 
of  some  two  years  in  Philadelphia,*  he  re- 
moved to  East  Brooklyn,  and  assumed  the  pas- 
toral care  of  that  church,  to  which  he  minis- 
tered nearly  five  years.  In  the  spring  of  1859  he 
resigned,  spent  a  few  months  with  the  church  at 
Gloversville,  I^.  Y.,  and  then  accepted  the  unani- 
mous call  of  the  ^Mount  Olivet  Baptist  Chui'ch  in 
this  city. 

*  From  Philadelphia  brother  Remington  went  to  Louisville, 
Kentucky,  where  he  spent  a  few  months. 


114 


HISTOBT   OF   THE 


Changes  during  the  Fourth  Period, 


ADDED  BY 

DIMINISHED  BY 

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a 
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a. 

fl 

1 

1 
S 

•3 

1 

From  Nov. 

15, '46,  to  June, '4*7, 

28 

18 

7 

53 

U9 

4 

6 

4 

143 

"    June 

,      '47,      "        '48, 

V5 

35 

2 

112 

28 

6 

1 

1 

42 

{(       (( 

'48,      "        ^49, 

39 

20 

1 

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19 

6 

3 

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28 

((           u 

'49,      "        »oO, 

38 

15 

1 

54 

24 

1 

6 

1 

38 

U           <( 

'60,      "        »51, 

28 

10 

1 

39 

34 

4 

11 

1 

50 

((           u 

'51,  to  Feb.,  '52, 

8 

5 

4 

12 

25 

3 

« 

0 

36 

Total,  . 

211 

103 

16 

330 

259 

80 

41 

1 

337 

Number  when  brother  Remington  came, 535 

Gain, 330 


Loss, 


865 
ZS1 


5?S 


STANTON    6TEEET   BAPTIST    CHCKCH.  115 


PERIOD  Y. 

MINISTRY   OF  THE  REV.  EDWARD  T.  HISCOX,  D.D., 

September  1st,  1852. 

Again  was  the  churcli  without  a  pastor  for 
the  period  of  seven  months,  the  first  two  of  which 
were  well  supplied  by  Rev.  Marvin  "W.  East- 
wood ;  and  we  have  reason  to  believe  that  under 
his  labors,  souls  were  added  to  the  Lord  as  well 
as  to  the  church.  As  he  would  not  entertain  a 
call,  the  bodj  looked  elsewhere  for  a  spiritual 
head,  and  on  the  first  of  March  an  invitation 
was  extended  to  Rev.  D.  G.  Corey,  of  Utica, 
who  had  been  with  us  for  a  brief  period.  But 
Mr.  C.  preferred  to  remain  at  his  old  post,  and 
the  attention  of  the  church  was  next  directed  to 
the  Rev.  E.  T.  Hiscox,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  members,  held  April  25th, 
1852,  the  committee  on  pastor  recommended 
that  brother  H.  be  chosen  as  our  future  minister, 
and  accordingly  a  call  was  ordered  by  a  unani- 


116  HISTORY    OF   THE 

mons  vote.  It  was  also  agreed  that  the  salary 
should  be  $1,500  per  annum,  instead  of  $1,200, 
as  formerly.  This  invitation  was  accepted  by 
brother  Hiscox,  June  4:th,  and  he  entered  upon 
the  discharge  of  his  duties  on  the  first  of  Sep- 
tember: it  should  be  stated,  however,  that  he 
spent  a  number  of  Sabbaths  with  us  previous  to 
that  date,  and  baptized  several  into  the  fellow- 
ship of  the  church. 

Edward  Thurston  Hiscox,  was  born  August 
24th,  1814,  in  the  town  of  Westerly,  Ehode 
Island.  He  remained  at  home  on  the  paternal 
estate  until  thirteen  years  of  age,  when  he 
accepted  the  invitation  of  an  elder  brother,  resid- 
ing in  another  part  of  the  State,  and  with  him  he 
spent  several  years,  visiting  home  only  at  occa- 
sional intervals.  He  was  religiously  instructed 
from  his  infancy,  his  mother  being  a  pious  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  his  father,  with 
his  ancestors  for  many  generations,  belonging 
to  the  Seventh-day  Baptist  connection.  Indeed, 
the  Eev.  William  Hiscox  was  the  first  pastor  of 
the  first  church  of  that  denomination  in  this 
country.     His  son,  Eev.  Thomas  Hiscox,  having 


STANTON    STKEET   BAPTIST   CHTJECH.  117 

been  educated  in  England,  succeeded  his  father, 
and  was  an  honored  and  influential  minister  of 
the  Gospel.  The  advantages  for  obtaining  an 
education  which  the  young  Edward  enjoyed, 
were  such  as  the  children  of  that  day  possessed, 
and  they  were  extremely  Kmited.  He  was  fond 
of  reading  and  study,  however,  from  an  early 
period  of  childhood,  and  eagerly  perused  the  few 
books  within  his  reach.  For  some  years  after 
he  left  home  he  had  access  to  a  considerable 
library,  and  though  he  enjoyed  but  little  leisure 
time,  he  accomplished  a  wide  range  of  general 
reading.  From  the  very  nature  of  the  case, 
these  efforts  were  not  critical  and  systematic, 
being  prosecuted  by  himself  without  teacher, 
associate,  or  guide;  and,  to  a  great  extent,  in 
hours  taken  from  needful  rest.  Still,  whatever 
gain  or  progress  in  knowledge  was  made  in  after 
years,  much  must  be  referred  to  this  period  of 
his  life.  It  was  during  these  years  that  the 
ground  was  examined,  the  foundation  laid,  and 
many  of  the  scattered  materials  gathered  for 
subsequent  use. 

At  length  the  way  was  opened  to  gratify  a 
11 


118  mSTOBY   OF  THE 

long-clierislied  desire  to  pursue  a  more  sys- 
tematic course  of  study;  and  by  the  generous 
aid  of  an  older  brother,  he  entered  the  Plainfield 
Academy,  in  Connecticut,  then  and  for  many 
years  one  of  the  best  high-schools  in  'New  Eng- 
land. His  classmates  were  young  men  fitting 
for  college,  and  with  them  he  pursued  the  clas- 
sics and  other  required  studies,  and  with  such 
success,  that  at  the  close  of  the  first  year  he  was 
prepared  to  enter  college  himself.  But  obstacles 
arose ;  his  sight  was  much  impaired  by  too  close 
application,  especially  at  night;  and  for  two 
years  any  considerable  effort  at  reading  or  study 
was  impracticable.  And  besides,  the  want  of 
the  necessary  pecuniary  means  seemed  to  raise  a 
barrier  to  his  further  progress,  even  if  nothing 
else  should  prevent.  But  out  of  all  this  dark- 
ness light  arose.  The  religious  training  of  his 
earlier  years  began  to  show  its  results,  and  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  he  obtained  satisfactory  evi- 
dence of  his  conversion.  He  was  away  from 
home  at  the  time,  and  surrounded  by  circum- 
stances calculated  to  discourage  even  a  convert  of 
maturer  age.    Four  years  passed  before  he  made 


STANTON   BTEEET   BAPTIST   CHTJECH.  119 

a  public  profession  of  his  faith ;  but  in  Septem- 
ber, 1834,  he  was  baptized  into  the  fellowship  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church  at  Wakefield,  R.  I.,  by 
the  Eev.  Flavel  Shurtleff,  pastor.  Immediately 
after  uniting  with  the  church,  he  commenced 
attending  and  taking  part  in  all  social  religious 
meetings  accessible  to  him.  In  this  way,  his 
talent  for  usefulness  in  the  church  was  deve- 
loped; and  thoughts  of  the  Gospel  ministry, 
which  had  possessed  his  mind  at  intervals  for  a 
long  period,  became  more  deep  and  frequent. 
Still,  feeling  himself  entirely  unfit  for  the  work, 
he  was  induced  to  engage  in  teaching,  and 
for  a  year  he  devoted  his  energies  in  that  direc- 
tion. At  the  expiration  of  that  time,  one  of  his 
brothers,  who  was  engaged  in  a  lucrative  busi- 
ness, placed  an  establishment  at  the  young 
man's  disposal,  with  all  the  capital  necessary  to 
command  success.  Though  not  to  his  mind,  the 
generous  offer  of  his  brother  proved  too  tempt- 
ing, and  he  accepted  it.  But  before  the  expira- 
tion of  the  first  year,  the  crisis  of  1837  came  on 
the  flattering  prospects  of  pecuniary  success  were 
blasted,   and    he   closed    his    business  without 


120  HISTORY   OF  THE 

profits  and  without  regrets.  In  Febmarj,  1838, 
he  received  a  license  from  the  church  at  Wake- 
field, to  preach  the  Gospel.  For  a  few  months 
he  gave  himself  to  study,  and  then  he  was 
invited  to  the  charge  of  the  male  department  of 
a  boarding-school  about  to  be  established  in 
Lebanon  Springs,  N.  Y.  This  invitation  was 
accepted,  but  at  the  expiration  of  six  months  he 
was  requested  to  supply  the  pulpit  of  the  Baptist 
Church  in  that  place,  the  pastor  having  removed. 
After  preaching  there  for  half  a  year,  he  re- 
solved to  go  to  Hamilton ;  and  entering  nearly 
a  year  in  advance,  he  completed  his  collegiate 
course  in  the  summer  of  1843.  The  winter  fol- 
lowing he  spent  in  supplying  a  church  in  the 
eastern  part  of  Connecticut,  and  in  the  spring  of 
1844  he  accepted  a  call  to  become  the  pastor  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church  in  "Westerly,  K.  I.,  his 
native  town,  the  church  having  given  him  a 
similar  invitation  the  year  previous.  On  the 
first  of  May,  1844,  one  month  after  his  settle- 
ment, he  was  married  to  Miss  Caroline  Ome,  ol 
New  Hampshire,  a  graduate  of  Mrs.  Willard's 
celebrated  seminary  at  Troy.     During  the  three 


STAin'ON   STREET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  121 

years  of  a  most  happy  pastorate  at  Westerly,  a 
commodious  and  pleasant  meeting-house  was 
built,  and  almost  entirely  paid  for ;  the  church 
enjoyed  an  interesting  revival,  took  a  position  in 
advance  of  the  other  churches  in  the  place,  and 
became  one  of  the  largest  and  strongest  in  the 
rural  part  of  the  State.  At  length  he  accepted 
the  invitation  of  the  Central  Baptist  Church  in 
IN'orwieh,  Connecticut;  and  he  commenced  his 
labors  in  that  beautiful  city  April  1st,  1847.  At 
that  time  the  church  was  much  embarrassed  by 
a  heavy  debt,  contracted  in  building  their  meet- 
ing-house ;  but  in  the  course  of  three  years  this 
was  paid  off,  the  house  of  worship  greatly 
improved,  and  both  the  church  and  congregation 
considerably  increased.  His  pastorate  there 
extended  over  a  period  of  five  years  and  a  half, 
and  then  he  accepted  the  unanimous  call  of  the 
Stanton  street  Church,  removed  to  the  city  o 
New  York,  and  entered  upon  the  pastoral  care 
of  the  church,  September  1st,  1852. 

Our  meeting-house  had  just  been  thoroughly 
cleaned  and  painted,  both  within  and  without, 
so  as  to  present  a  pleasing  and  inviting  appear- 


122  •  mSTOBY  OF  THE 

ance.  Attention  was  now  given  to  revising  tlie 
list  of  members,  and  a  large  number  having 
been  entirely  lost  sight  of,  seventy-three  were 
dropped  from  the  roll ;  and  although  this  consi- 
derably diminished  the  nominal  membership, 
the  real  strength  and  efficiency  of  the  body 
were,  of  course,  unimpaired. 

In  1853,  a  company  of  brethren  and  sisters, 
nearly  one  hundred  in  number,  who  had  lost 
their  standing  in  a  sister  church,  on  account  of 
some  misunderstanding,  and,  as  they  believed, 
without  sufficient  cause,  applied  to  us  for  admis- 
sion. A  considerable  part  of  this  company  had 
formerly  been  connected  with  this  church.  The 
case  appeared  an  unusual  one,  and  excited  not  a 
little  public  interest.  All  other  attempts  having 
failed,  a  mutual  council  was  convened,  and  seve- 
ral sessions  were  held,  without  arriving  at  any 
definite  result,  except  the  appointment  of  a  com- 
mittee to  which  the  whole  subject  was  referred. 
After  waiting  a  long  time  in  vain,  and  making 
many  ineffectual  efforts  to  come  to  some  conclu- 
sion, and  secure  an  adjustment  of  the  matter, 
they  notified  the  committee  that,  as  they  were 


STANTON  STREET  BAPTIST   CHUKCH.  123 

unwilling  to  remain  any  longer  deprived  of  reli- 
gious privileges,  thej  should  apply  to  some 
other  churches  for  admission.  It  should  be 
stated  that  they  had  now  been  out  of  the  church 
about  two  years,  and  destitute,  to  a  great  degree, 
of  those  privileges  which  they  highly  prized. 

More  than  seventy  of  this  company,  accord- 
ingly, applied  to  us  in  May,  1854,  for  admission. 
The  church,  with  great  care  and  deliberation, 
having  informed  itself  by  a  committee  that  these 
individuals  sustained  good  Christian  characters, 
as  certified  also  by  the  members  of  the  body 
with  which  they  had  formerly  been  connected, 
and  also  ascertaining  that  they  were  not  at  this 
time  members  of  any  church,  we  proceeded  to 
hear  them  individually  relate  their  Christian  ex- 
periences, on  which  they  were  received  to  our  fel- 
lowship. When  it  is  stated  that  the  widow  and 
only  daughter  of  the  beloved  Benedict,  were 
among  them,  that  others  had  been  constituent 
members  of  this  church,  and  that  some  had  been 
office-bearers  with  us,  it  will  not  be  thought 
strange  that  we  gave  them  a  hearty  welcome  to 
their  former  home.      !N"or  have  we  been  dis- 


124:  HISTOBY   OF  THE 

appointed  in  the  confidence  we  reposed  in 
them. 

Toward  our  sister  church  we  have  never 
ceased  to  exercise  both  brotherly  kindness  and 
charity.  We  have  dismissed  members  to  join 
that  body,  and  received  members  from  it,  just  as 
cordially  as  before  the  events  referred  to ;  and  we 
are  firm  in  the  belief  that  a  brighter  day  will 
dawn  when  wiser  counsels  will  prevail,  and  all 
the  old-time  friendship  be  restored. 

Early  in  the  summer  of  1855  our  house  of 
worship  was  newly  carpeted  and  otherwise  im- 
proved ;  and  on  the  19th  and  20th  days  of  June, 
the  Hudson  River  Association,  South,  held  their 
annual  meeting  with  us.  Eev.  E.  L.  Magoon 
was  chosen  moderator,  and  the  session  was  emi- 
nently pleasant  and  profitable.  The  pastor's 
salary  was  increased  to  $2,000  per  annum,  on  the 
29th  of  October,  and  that  sum  is  still  paid. 

On  the  14th  of  July  we  lost  by  death  Mrs. 
Mary  S.  Randall,  aged  68  years.  She  was  bap- 
tized by  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Sharp,  of  Boston, 
August  19th,  1819.  She  was  always  kind,  dili- 
gent and  faithful — a  mother  in  Israel.    This  year 


STANTON   8TEEET   BAPTIST   CHTIRCH.  125 

witnessed  another  bereavement  of  an  impressive 
character.  One  of  our  young  brethren,  Francis 
H.  Palmer,  an  esteemed  member  of  the  Bible- 
class  and  of  the  Young  Men's  Mission  Society, 
was  accidentally  drowned  on  the  afternoon  of 
September  15th.  The  evening  before  he  had 
filled  his  place  in  the  prayer-meeting,  and  it  can 
consistently  be  said  that  he  was  "  faithful  unto 
death."  His  funeral  was  attended  in  the  meeting- 
house on  Sabbath  afternoon,  and  the  pastor 
preached  an  affecting  discourse  to  the  solemn 
assembly. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  Mangam  also  departed  this 
life  ^November  28th,  1855.  She,  with  her  husband, 
brother  Wm.  D.  Mangam,  was  baptized  by  Eev. 
David  Bellamy  ou  the  first  Sabbath  in  February, 
1844.  After  uniting  with  the  church  she  grew 
rapidly  in  grace,  and  manifested  her  inward 
spiritual  life  by  going  about  like  her  Saviour 
doing  good.  The  most  marked  feature  of  her 
character  was  benevolence  ;  and  being  fortunately 
blessed  with  the  means  of  charity,  she  used  these 
with  a  discernment  and  prudence  that,  combined 
with  her  consistent  life  and  well-timed  religious 


126  mSTOEY   OF  THE 

advice,  gladdened  the  hearts  of  the  needy,  while 
it  encouraged  assiduity  in  the  recipient,  and  was 
owned  of  God  to  the  conversion  of  souls.  In  her 
death  the  poor  lost  a  friend,  the  church  a  faith- 
ful sister,  and  our  female  benevolent  societies  a 
firm  supporter  and  an  active  member. 

In  June,  1856,  Edward  Francis  Davis,  another 
member  of  the  Bible-class,  was  summoned  from 
among  us  under  circumstances  of  peculiar  inter- 
est. He  was  in  delicate  health,  but  having  ex- 
perienced the  mercy  of  God,  he  desired  to  unite 
with  the  church.  His  name  was  announced  as  a 
candidate  for  baptism ;  but  his  disease  progressed 
so  rapidly  that  he  was  unable  to  make  a  public 
profession  of  his  faith.  But  he  died  in  sweet 
peace,  and  has  doubtless  attained  the  saints'  ever- 
lasting rest.  Both  of  these  deaths  were  improved 
by  suitable  services  before  the  Young  Men's 
Mission  Society,  with  which  they  had  been  con- 
nected. With  them  we  can  say  most  empha- 
tically, "  It  is  well  !" 

Early  in  the  autumn  of  1856,  an  unusual  seri- 
ousness was  apparent  in  the  congregation ;  the 
regular  meetings  were  well  attended  and  increas- 


STAWION   STKEET  BAPTIST  CHTJECH. 


127 


inglj  interesting.  The  Rev.  John  Blain,  of  Hhode 
Island,  spent  several  weeks  with  the  church,  and 
a  gracious  revival  of  religion  was  enjoyed  for 
many  months.  The  associational  letter  for  June, 
1857,  describes  the  state  of  feeling  in  the  body  as 
follows : 

"  With  unfeigned  gratitude  to  the  great  Head 
of  the  church  for  the  blessings  of  another  year, 
we  this  day  record  the  goodness  of  our  Heavenly 
Father.  The  past  year  has  been  a  bright  one  in 
our  history,  and  it  is  our  privilege  to  inform  you 
that  God  has  graciously  visited  us  with  the  abun- 
dant outpouring  of  his  spirit.  For  several  months 
our  congregation  has  shown  a  marked  serious- 
ness ;  the  powers  of  the  world  to  come  have 
moved  many  hearts,  and  while  we  have  wel- 
comed no  less  than  seventy-one  to  the  ordinance  of 
baptism,  others  are  yet  waiting  to  go  forward, 
and  a  number  of  anxious  souls  are  seeking  the 
good  part.  Time  forbids  that  we  should  attempt 
to  describe  the  happy  seasons  we  have  enjoyed ; 
God  has  graciously  blessed  the  efforts  put  forth, 
and  has  again  made  the  place  of  his  feet  glorious." 

At  the  regular  church  meeting,  April  22d, 


128  HISTORY   OF   THE 

1857,  brother  C.  B.  Stout,  who  had  for  some 
time  officiated  as  clerk  pro  tempore,  was  chosen 
to  fill  the  office  made  vacant  by  the  resignation 
of  brother  K.  C.  Akerlj.     As  brother  S.  posi- 
tively refused  to  assume  the  entire  responsibility, 
the  church  voted  to  elect  two  clerks,  and  pro- 
ceeded, on  the  6th  of  May,  to  choose  C.  B.  Stout 
and  Thomas   J.  Grout,  by  a  unanimous   vote. 
They  immediately  entered  upon  the  discharge 
of    their  duties,   and  continue   in   office    still; 
theirs  being  only  the   seventh  incumbency,  in 
that  office,  through  her  entire  history  of  more 
than  thirty-six  years.     Brother  Cowan  died  while 
holding  the  office,  and  the  others  resigned  in  con- 
sequence of  removal,  or  other  causes  preventing 
them  from  giving  the  necessary  attention  to  the 
duties  of  the  station.     It  may  well  be  doubted 
whether  any  but  office-bearers  realize  the   de- 
mands upon  time,  patience,  and  money,  required 
to  serve  a   church  faithfully.     Let   the  official 
brethren  always  share   in    the  sympathies  and 
prayers  of  the  body. 
The  years  1857*  and  1858  were  marked  by 
*  The  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST  CHUBCH.  129 

many  mamfestations  of  God's  presence  and 
power,  and  converts  were  continually  added  to 
the  cburcli.  At  the  meeting  of  the  Association  in 
June,  1858,  the  church  reported  the  baptism  of 
seventy-two  persons,  and  the  total  membership  as 
amounting  to  five  hundred  and  fifty-five — ^larger 
than  for  several  years.  These  seasons  were  also 
prosperous  ones  to  the  Young  Men's  Mission  So- 
ciety, so  that  their  annual  reports  speak  of  con- 
stantly increasing  contributions. 

At  the  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  in  January,  1858,  the  clerk  suggested  the 
propriety  of  taking  some  steps  for  the  removal  of 
the  church  debt,  then  amounting  to  $6,500 ;  and 
after  a  full  discussion  of  the  subject,  it  was  re- 
ferred to  a  committee,  consisting  of  C.  B.  Stout, 
George  Sibell,  and  John  F.  Zebley,  to  matm-e  and 
present  a  plan.  At  the  next  meeting,  they 
offered  a  report  embracing  such  a  plan,  which  was 
adopted  by  a  unanimous  vote,  and  the  Trustees 
themselves  promptly  subscribed  $3,000,  almost 
half  the  amount  needed.  A  circular  was  then  issued 

upon  the  pastor  in  the  summer  of  this  year,  by  Shurtleff  Col- 
lege, HL 

12 


130  HISTOEY   OF  THE 

to  the  members  of  the  church  and  congregation, 
inviting  them  to  meet  the  Trustees  in  the  meet- 
ing-house on  the  evening  of  March  1st,  to  con- 
sider the  subject.  The  meeting  was  well  attend- 
ed, the  plan  cordially  approved,  and  nearly 
money  enough  was  subscribed  to  provide  for  the 
entire  indebtedness.  The  amount  was  subse- 
quently made  up ;  more  than  half  of  it  is  now 
paid,  and  we  expect  to  begin  the  year  1860 
free  from  delt. 

The  church  having  voted  in  December  last  that 
the  number  of  deacons  should  hereafter  be  seven, 
a  special  church  meeting  was  held  on  Wednes- 
day  evening,  March  15th,  1859,  to  choose  two  to 
complete  the  number.  A  large  meeting  convened, 
an  hour  was  spent  in  devotional  exercises,  and 
then  the  church  chose  brother  Joshua  Daven- 
port and  brother  John  A.  Green  to  fill  the  office. 
The  Board  of  Deacons  is  now  composed  of  the 
following  brethren  :  Humphrey  Phelps,  elected 
December  23d,  1829 ;  David  Bailie,  July  27th, 
1836  ;  William  D.  Mangam,  October  2Tth, 
1852;  Kichard  E.  Peterson,  September  26th, 
1855;  "William  Beach,  September  26th,  1855; 


STANTON   STEEET  BAPTIST  CHURCH.  131 

Joshua  Davenport,  Marcli  15tli,  1859 ;  Jolin  A. 
Green,  Marcli  15,  1859. 

Sunday,  Marcli  6tli,  1859,  being  the  twenty- 
fifth  anniversary  of  the  opening  of  our  house  of 
worship,  was  occupied  with  special  services  hav- 
ing reference  to  that  event.  Rev.  Arohibald 
Maclay,  D.D.,  who  preached  the  first  sermon  in  our 
meeting-house,  March  2d,  1834,  preached  in  the 
morning  with  considerable  vigor,  although  he 
had  passed  his  fourscore  years.  In  the  afternoon 
our  pastor  gave  an  interesting  account  of  the  rise 
and  progress  of  the  church,  and  then  we  cele- 
brated the  Lord's  Supper,  Eev.  B.  M.  Hill,  D.D., 
assisting  the  pastor.  The  day  was  delightful,  and 
it  was  remarked  by  the  elder  brethren  that  more 
communicants  were  present  than  at  any  time 
since  the  colony  went  out  with  brother  Benedict 
in  1841.  !N^early  all  the  seats  in  the  lower  part 
of  the  house  were  filled. 

In  the  evening.  Rev.  C.  G.  Somers,  D.D.,  who 
officiated  at  the  evening  service  a  quarter  of  a 
century  since,  gave  many  interesting  remini- 
scences of  the  past.  So  closed  a  day  of  grate- 
ful commemoration,  and  we   thankfully  record 


132  HISTORY   OF  THE 

that  it  found  the  church  in  peace  and  pros- 
perity. 

It  should  be  remarked  that  at  the  time  our 
meeting-house  was  opened  there  was  no  other  of 
our  denomination  north  of  it  on  Manhattan 
Island  ;  and  at  the  present  time  there  is  no  Bap- 
tist meeting-house*  south  of  us  which  was  occu- 
pied by  the  denomination  when  our  house  was 
erected. 

For  some  time  none  of  our  members  have  been 
set  apart  to  the  work  of  the  ministrj^,  but  we  have 
now  three  promising  young  brethren  preparing 
to  preach  the  everlasting  Gospel.  Brethren  Wm. 
S.  Apsey,  Wm.  Mclntyre,  and  Owen  Williams, 
were  licensed  to  preach  September  30th,  1859. 

At  the  regular  church  meeting  in  the  same 
month,  the  committee  who  had  been  appointed 
to  have  printed  another  supply  of  the  Articles  of 
Faith  and  the  Covenant,  reported  in  favor  of 
certain  amendments,  which  were  adopted,  and  at 
the  close  of  the  prayer-meeting  the  following 
Friday  evening,  the  church  instructed  the  com- 

*  The  Oliver  street  meeting-house  was  rebuilt  on  the  site  of 
the  old  one,  destroyed  by  fire  several  years  ago.  , 


STANTON   STREET   BAPTIST   CHTJECH.  133 

mittee  to  have  a  thousand  copies  printed.  The 
Articles  and  Covenant  then  adopted  being,  with 
the  exception  of  some  slight  alterations,  the  same 
as  we  have  used  since  the  time  of  brother 
Eastman,  are  as  follows : 

A  DECLARATION  OF  GOSPEL  TRUTH, 

According  to  the  Views  of  the  Stanton  street  Baptist  Church  in 
the  City  of  ITew  York. 

"We  believe  the  Holy  Scriptures  to  have  been 
written  by  men  divinely  inspired,  and  that  they 
form  a  perfect  rule  of  faith  and  practice. 

"We  believe  that  the  revelation  thus  made 
from  God,  teaches  the  following  great  truths : 

Proofs. 

2  Tim.  iii.  16,  IT.  "  All  Scripture  is  given  by  inspiration  of 
God,  and  is  profitable  for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correction, 
for  instruction  in  righteousness,  that  the  man  of  God  may  be 
perfect,  thoroughly  furnished  unto  all  good  works."  2  Pet.  i. 
21.     1  Pet.  i.  10,  11.     2  Sam.  xxiii.  2. 

Article  I. 
The  existence  of  one  only  living  and  true  God, 
{a)  infinite  in  every  natural  and  moral  excellence, 
12* 


134: 


HISTORY   OF  THE 


the  uncreated  and  un changeable  (J)  Creator,  (c) 
Preserver,  and  Euler  of  all  things ;  and  that  he 
has  revealed  himself  under  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost  {d)  the 
the  same  in  essence,  and  equal  in  every  divine 
perfection,  and  that  he  deserves  and  requires 
our  supreme  love,  our  trust,  and  our  reverent 
obedience. 

Proofs. 

(a)  1  Tim.  ii.  5.  "  For  there  is  one  God,  and  one  Mediator 
between  God  and  men,  the  man  Christ  Jesus."  Mark,  xii.  32. 
James,  ii.  19.     Isa.  xlvi.  9.     Rom.  i.  20. 

(b)  Mai.  iii.  6.  "  For  I  am  the  Lord :  I  change  not ;  there- 
fore ye  sons  of  Jacob  are  not  consumed."    James,  i.  1*7. 

(c)  Gen.  i.  1.  *'  In  the  beginning  God  created  the  heaven  and 
the  earth."    Col.  i.  15,  16,  1*7. 

(d)  Matt,  xxviii.  19.  "  Go  ye  therefore  and  teach  all  nations, 
baptizing  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and 
of  the  Holy  Ghost."  1  John,  v.  Y.  Col.  ii.  9.  John,  v.  23. 
Acts,  V.  3. 

Article  II. 
That  man  was  originally  created  holy ;  {e)  but 
by  willfully  violating  the  law  of  his  Maker  (/) 
he  fell  from  that  state — an  entire  alienation  of 
the  heart  from  God  succeeded,  and  all  commu- 
nion with  him  was  lost;  (^)  and,  as  by  divine 


STANTON   STEEET  BAPTIST   CHURCH.  135 

appointment  Adam  was  the  representative  of  all 
his  posterity,  we  in  him  (h)  became  wholly 
defiled  and  dead  in  trespasses  and  sins,  so  that 
by  nature  we  are  indisposed  to  good  and  in- 
clined to  evil ;  exposed  to  the  penalties  of  the 
law,  and  are  children  of  wrath,  subjects  of  death, 
and  all  other  miseries,  temporal,  spiritual  and 
eternal,  {i.) 

Proofs. 

(e)  Gen.  i.  26,  27.  "  And  God  said,  Let  us  make  man  in  our 
image,  after  our  likeness  ;  and  let  them  have  dominion  over  the 
fish  of  the  sea,  and  over  the  fowl  of  the  air,  and  over  the  cattle, 
and  over  all  the  earth,  and  over  every  creeping  thing  that 
creepeth  upon  the  earth.  So  God  created  man  in  his  own 
image  ;  in  the  image  of  God  created  he  him ;  male  and  female 
created  he  them."     Eccl.  vii.  29. 

(/)  Gen.  iii.  6.  "And  when  the  woman  saw  that  the  tree 
was  good  for  food,  and  that  it  was  pleasant  to  the  eyes,  and  a 
tree  to  be  desired  to  make  one  wise,  she  took  of  the  fruit 
thereof  aiid  did  eat;  and  gave  also  unto  her  husband  with  her, 
and  he  did  eat." 

(g)  Ps.  xiv.  3.  "  They  are  all  gone  aside,  they  are  altogether 
become  filthy ;  there  is  none  that  doeth  good,  no,  not  one." 
Gen.  iii.  24.     Gen.  vi.  6.     Gen.  viii.  21. 

(A)  Rom.  V.  12.  "  Wherefore  as  by  one  man  sin  entered  into 
the  world,  and  death  by  sin ;  and  so  death  passed  upon  all  men, 
for  that  all  have  sinned,"  etc. 


136  HISTORY  OF  THE 

(«')  Eph.  ii.  1.  "  And  you  hath  he  quickened,  who  were  dead 
in  trespasses  and  sins"  1  Cor.  ii.  14.  Eph.  ii.  3.  Gal.  iii.  10. 
Rom.  vi.  23.    Rev.  xiv.  11.    Matt.  xxv.  46. 

Article  HE. 

That  the  only  way  of  deliverance  from  this 
state  of  guilt  and  ruin,  is  through  the  free  grace 
and  mercy  of  God,  bestowing  repentance  and 
remission  of  sins  by  the  one  Mediator  between 
God  and  man,  the  man  Christ  Jesus ;  (j) — and 
that  all  who  are  thus  brought  to  repentance, 
shall  be  kept  by  his  power  through  faith  unto 
salvation — and  that  nothing  can  separate  them 
from  the  love  of  God ;  the  sure  and  final  proof 
of  their  genuine  faith  consisting  in  the  continu- 
ance of  their  attachment  and  obedience  to  Christ, 
to  the  end  of  this  their  present  life,  {k) 

Proofs. 

(j)  Acts,  iv.  12.  "Neither  is  there  salvation  in  any  other ;  for 
there  is  none  other  name  under  heaven  given  among  men, 
whereby  we  must  be  saved."  John,  iii.  16.  Isa.  liii.  4,  8. 
Eph.  ii.  8.  Tit.  iii.  6.  Acts,  v.  31.  Acts,  x.  43.  Acts,  xi.  18. 
1  Tim.  ii.  5. 

{k)  1  Pet.  i.  5.  "  Who  are  kept  by  the  power  of  God  through 


sta:nton  stkeet  baptist  chtjech.        137 

faith  unto  salvation,  ready  to  be  revealed  in  the  last  time." 
John,  X.  28,  29.  John,  xvii.  24.  John,  vi.  68.  Rom.  viii.  37, 
S9,  etc. 

Article  IY. 

That  the  blessings  of  salvation  are  made  free 
to  all  by  tlxe  Gospel ;  (l)  that  it  is  the  immediate 
duty  of  all  to  accept  them  by  a  cordial  and  obe- 
dient faith  ;  (m)  and  nothing  prevents  the  salva- 
tion of  the  greatest  sinner  on  earth  except  his 
own  voluntary  refusal  to  submit  to  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  {n)  which  refusal,  if  persisted  in, 

will  subject  him  to  an  aggravated  condemna- 
tion, (o) 

Proofs. 

(/)  Rev.  xxii.  lY.  "Whosoever  will,  let  him  take  of  the 
water  of  Hfe  freely."     Isa.  Iv.  1.     Luke,  xiv.  17. 

(m)  Rom.  xvi.  26.  "  The  Gospel — according  to  the  command- 
ment of  the  everlasting  God,  made  known  to  all  nations  for  the 
obedience  of  faith."     Mark,  i.  15.     Acts,  xvii.  30.     Rom.  i.  16. 

(n)  John,  V.  40.  "  And  ye  will  not  come  unto  me  that  ye 
might  have  life.  Matt,  xxiii.  37.  Rom.  ix.  32.  Acts,  xiii.  46. 
Prov.  i.  24. 

(o)  John,  iii.  19.  "And  this  is  the  condemnation,  that 
light  is  come  into  the  world,  and  men  loved  darkness  rather 
than  light,  because  their  deeds  were  evil."  Matt.  xi.  20.  Luke, 
xix.  27.    2  Thess.  i.  8. 


138  history  of  the 

Article  Y. 
That  election  is  the  gracious  purpose  of  God, 
according  to  which  he  regenerates,  sanctifies 
and  saves  sinners ;  ( j?)  that  being  perfectly  con- 
sistent with  the  free  agency  of  man,  it  compre- 
hends all  the  means  in  connection  with  the  end ; 
(^)  that  it  is  a  most  glorious  display  of  God's 
sovereign  goodness,  being  infinitely  wise,  holy, 
and  unchangeable ;  (r)  that  it  utterly  excludes 
boasting,  and  promotes  humility,  prayer,  praise, 
and  trust  in  God,  and  active  imitation  of  his  free 
mercy ;  (s)  that  it  encourages  the  use  of  means 
in  the  highest  degree ;  (t)  that*  it  is  ascertained 
by  its  effects  in  all  who  believe  the  Gospel,  (u) 
is  the  foundation  of  Christian  assurance,  {v)  and 
that  to  ascertain  it  with  regard  to  ourselves, 
demands  and  deserves  our  utmost  diligence,  (w) 

Proofs, 

{p)  2  Tim.  i.  8,  9.  "  Who  hath  saved  us,  and  called  us  with  a 
holy  calling,  not  according  to  our  works,  but  according  to  his 
own  purpose  and  grace,  which  was  given  in  Christ  Jesus  before 
the  world  began."  Eph.  i.  3, 14.  1  Pet.  i.  1,  2.  *'  Elect  accord- 
ing to  the  foreknowledge  of  God."  Rom.  xi.  5,  6.  John,  xv.  16. 
1  John,  iv.  19. 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST  CHTJECH.  139 

{q)  2  Thcss.  ii.  13,  14.  "  Because  God  hath  from  the  begin- 
Ding  chosen  you  unto  salvation,  through  sanctification  of  the 
Spirit,  and  belief  of  the  truth,"  etc.  Acts,  xiii.  48.  John,  x. 
16.    Acts,  XV.  14. 

(r)  Exod.  xxxiii.  18,  19.  "And  Moses  said,  I  beseech  thee, 
show  me  thy  glory.  And  he  said,  I  will  cause  all  my  goodness 
to  pass  before  thee,  and  will  proclaim  the  name  of  the  Lord 
before  thee  ;  and  will  be  gracious  to  whom  I  will  be  gracious, 
and  will  show  mercy  on  whom  I  will  show  mercy."  Matt.  xx. 
15.     Eph.  i.  11.    Rom.  ix.  23,  24.     Jer.  xxxi.  3.    Kom.  xi.  28, 

29.  James,  i.  17,  18. 

(s)  1  Cor.  iv.  1.  "  For  who  maketh  thee  to  differ  from 
another?"  1  Cor.  i.  26,  31.  Rom.  iii.  27.  Rom.  iv.  16.  Col. 
iii.  12.  1  Cor.  iii.  5,  7.  1  Cor.  xv.  10.  1  Pet.  v.  10. 
1  Thess.  ii.  13.  1  Pet.  ii.  9.  Luke,  xviii.  7.  John,  xv.  16. 
1  Thess.  ii.  12. 

(t)  2  Tim.  ii.  10.  "  Therefore  I  endure  all  things  for  the 
elect's  sake,  that  they  also  may  obtain  the  salvation  which  is  in 
Christ  Jesus  with  eternal  glory."     1  Cor.  ix.  22.     Rom.  viii.  28, 

30.  John  vi.  37,  40. 

(u)  1  Thess.  iv.  10.  "  Knowing,  brethren  beloved,  your  elec- 
tion of  God :  for  our  Gospel  came  unto  you,  not  in  word  only, 
but  in  power,"  etc. 

(v)  Rom.  viii.  29,  30.  "  Whom  he  did  foreknow  he  also  did 
predestinate  to  be  conformed  to  the  image  of  his  Son,  that  he 
might  be  the  first  born  among  many  brethren.  Moreover, 
whom  he  did  predestinate,  them  he  also  called :  and  whom  he 
called,  them  he  also  justified:  and  whom  he  justified,  them  he 
also  glorified,"  etc.    Isa.  xlii.  16.    Rom.  xi.  29. 


140  HISTOEY   OF  THE 

{w)  2  Pet.  i.  10,  11.  "Wherefore  the  rather,  brethren,  give 
diligence  to  make  your  calling  and  election  sure ;  for  if  ye 
do  these  things  ye  shall  never  fail ;  for  so  an  entrance  shall  be 
ministered  unto  you  abundantly  into  the  everlasting  kingdom 
of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ."  Phil.  iii.  12.  Heb. 
vi.  11. 

Article  YI. 

That  those  who  die  in  infancy  before  thej  are 
capable  of  distinguishing  between  good  and  evil, 
are  saved  through  the  merits  of  Christ,  by  rege- 
neration effected  by  the  Spirit  of  God. 

Proofs. 

2  Sam.  xii.  23.  "  I  shall  go  to  him,  but  he  shall  not  return  to 
me."     Deut.  i.  39.     Matt,  xviii.  10. 

Mark,  x.  13,  14.  "Suffer  the  little  children  to  come  unto  me, 
and  forbid  them  not,  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  God." 
Luke,  xviii.  16,  11. 

Article  VlL. 

That  although  Christ  has  become  the  end  of 
the  law  for  righteousness  to  all  believers,  (a?)  it  is 
yet  their  indispensable  duty,  and  Trill,  from  the 
nature  of  regeneration,  become  their  delight,  (y) 
to  observe  the  moral  law,  and  all  the  precepts 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST  CHURCH.  141 

and  ordinances  which  Christ  and  his  Apostles 
have,  by  express  command,  or  by  their  own 
examples,  made  a  rule  of  Christian  conduct. 

Proofs. 

(cc)  Rora.  X.  4.  "  For  Christ  is  the  end  of  the  law  for  right- 
eousness to  every  one  that  believeth." 

(y)  Rom.  xiii.  8,  10.  Matt.  v.  17,  19.  James,  ii.  8,  11.  Rom. 
vii.  22.  1  Cor.  ix.  21.  Rom.  iii.  31.  Rom.  vii.  12.  Pa. 
cxix.  97. 

Article  YIII. 

That  the  only  proper  subjects  of  the  ordi- 
nances of  Baptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper  are 
professed  believers ;  {z)  that  Baptism  is  properly 
administered  by  immersion  only,  {aa)  and  is,  by 
scriptural  example,  a  prerequisite  to  communion 
at  the  Lord's  Table ;  and  that  both  Baptism  and 
the  Lord's  Supper  are  of  perpetual  obligation. 

Proofs. 

(2)  Matt.  iii.  5,  6.  "  Then  went  out  to  him  Jerusalem  and 

all  Judea,  and  all  the  region  round  about  Jordan,  and  were 

baptized  of  him  in  Jordan,  confessing  their  sins."     Matt.  iii.  7, 

12.     Mark,  i.  5.     Matt.  xxviii.l9.    Luke,  iii.  8.     Acts,  ii.  38,  42. 

{aa)  Matt.  iii.  16.  "And  Jesus,  when  he  was  baptized,  went 

13 


142  HISTOEY   OF   THE 

up  straightway  out  of  the  waters  Acts,  viii.  88,  39.  "And 
he  commanded  the  chariot  to  stand  still :  and  they  went  down 
both  into  the  water,  both  Philip  and  the  Eunuch ;  and  he  bap- 
tized him,  and  when  they  were  come  up  out  of  the  water,"  etc. 
Acts,  X.  47,  48.  Kom.  vi.  3,  5.  Acts,  xviii.  8.  Col.  ii.  12. 
1  Pet.  iii.  21. 

Article  IX. 
That  the  first  daj  of  the  week  should  be  hal- 
lowed as  the  Christian  {hh)  Sabbath,  or  Lord's 
daj,  in  commemoration  of  the  resurrection  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  from  the  dead,  by  resting 
from  all  secular  employment,  and  devoting  the 
day  to  private  and  public  worship,  and  religious 
instruction. 

Proofs, 
{bb)  Exodus,  XX.  8.  "Remember  the  Sabbath  day  to  keep  it 
holy."     Matt,  xxviii.  1,  9.     Mark,  xvi.  1,  8.     Luke,  xxiv.  1,  7. 
John  XX.  1,  8.     Acts,  xvi.  13.    Rev.  i.  10. 

Article  X. 
That  there  will  be  a  resurrection  of  the  dead, 
both  of  the  just  and  unjust,  {cc)  and  that  we 
must  all  appear  before  the  judgment-seat  of 
Christ  to  receive  according  to  the  deeds  done  in 
the  body,  whether  they  be  good  or  evil,  {dd) 


STANTON    STREET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  143 

when  the  wicked  will  go  away  in  everlasting 
pnnisliment,  but  the  righteous  into  life  eter- 
nal, {ee) 

Proofs. 

{cc)  Acts,  xxiv.  15.  "  That  there  will  be  a  resurrection  of  the 
dead,  both  of  the  just  and  unjust." 

\dd)  2  Cor.  v.  10.  "  For  we  must  all  appear  before  the  judg- 
ment-seat of  Christ;  that  every  one  may  receive  the  things 
done  in  his  body,  according  to  that  he  hath  done,  whether  it 
be  good  or  bad." 

{ee)  Matt.  xxv.  46.  "  And  these  shall  go  away  into  everlast- 
ing punishment;  but  the  righteous  into  life  eternal."  Mark,  xii. 
24-27.  John,  xi.  25,  26.  2  Thess.  i.  9.  Rev.  vii.  14-1'7.  Eer. 
xxii.  11, -12. 

COVENANT. 

As  we  trust  we  have,  by  divine  grace,  been 
brought  to  embrace  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
to  give  ourselves  up  to  him;  so  we  do  now 
solemnly  covenant  with  each  other  (as  God  shall 
enable  us),  to  walk  together  in  brotherly  love, 
that  we  will  exercise  a  Christian  care  and  watch- 
fulness over  each  other,  and  faithfully  warn, 
exhort,  and  admonish  our  brethren,  as  the  case 
may  require — that  we  will  not  forsake  the  assem- 


144  HISTOKT  OF  THE 

Wing  of  ourselves  together,  nor  omit  tlie  great 
duty  of  prayer,  both  for  ourselves  and  others — 
that  we  will  participate  in  each  other's  joys,  and 
endeavor  with  tenderness  and  sympathy  to  bear 
each  other's  burdens  and  sorrows — that  we  will 
seek  divine  aid  to  enable  us  to  walk  circum- 
spectly and  watchfully  in  the  world,  denying 
ungodliness  and  every  worldly  lust — ^that  we 
will  strive  together  for  the  support  of  a  faithful 
and  evangelical  ministry  among  us,  as  well  as 
for  the  spread  of  the  Gospel  throughout  the 
world,  and  through  life,  amidst  evil  report  and 
good  report,  seek  to  live  to  the  glory  of  him 
who  hath  called  us  out  of  darkness  into  his 
marvelous  light. 


The  autumn  of  1859  witnessed  an  increase  of 
interest  among  the  members ;  the  meetings  were 
more  fully  attended  than  usual,  and  a  spirit  of 
renewed  devotion  was  manifest.  As  many  as 
eighty  persons  have  arisen  in  a  single  evening, 
and  testified  to  the  goodness  of  the  Eedeemer. 
The  emotion  of  brotherly  love  is  still  in  lively 
exercise ;  some  among  us  are  anxious  about  their 


STANTON   STEEET  BAPTIST   CHTJECH.  145 

souls  ;  the  Sunday-scliool  and  Bible  Classes  are  in 
a  thriving  condition,  and  the  church  has  abun- 
dant reason  for  gratitude  that  God  is  still  with  us. 

It  might  be  interesting  to  add  that,  during  our 
history,  about  thirty  of  our  members  have  given 
themselves  to  the  work  of  the  ministry.  Atten- 
tion is  also  called  to  "  TTie  Baptist  Church 
Directory^'^  a  guide  to  the  doctrines,  discipline, 
officers,  ordinances,  and  customs  of  Baptist 
churches,  by  Eev.  E.  T.  Hiscox,  D.D.  This 
excellent  volume  is  issued  in  the  same  style  as 
the  present  work,  and  by  the  same  publishers ; 
and  it  is  earnestly  commended  to  the  favorable 
notice  of  all. 

The  present  superintendent  of  the  Sunday- 
school  is  Deacon  William  D.  Mangam;  Dea- 
con Eichard  E.  Peterson  is  secretary,  and 
Deacon  H.  Phelps  has  charge  of  the  infant 
department.  Two  adult  Bible-classes  are  main- 
tained, in  addition  to  those  in  the  Sunday- 
school.  The  present  number  of  teachers  is 
48,  and  of  scholars,  531.  Our  school  has  had 
but  three  superintendents  since  the  opening  of 
our  meeting-house  in  1834,  viz.,  Deacon  James 

13* 


146  HISTORY   OF   THE 

Cowan,  Deacon  David  Bailie,  and  the  present 
incumbent. 

It  may  be  of  sufficient  interest  to  add,  that  the 
prices  of  our  pews  remain  as  first  fixed,  more 
than  a  quarter  of  a  century  since :  the  choicest 
seat  in  the  house  rents  for  $20  per  annum. 

As  it  is  nowhere  stated  in  the  preceding  pages, 
we  insert  here  the  regular  meetings  of  the 
church.  "We  have  three  sermons  on  Sunday 
(except  during  a  few  weeks  in  the  heat  of  sum- 
mer, when  two  are  given) :  at  10.30  a.m.,  3  p.m., 
and  at  7.30  p.m.  We  have  a  lecture  every  Tues- 
day evening  and  prayer-meeting  every  Friday 
evening  throughout  the  year. 

The  present  Board  of  Trustees  is  composed  as 
follows :  Charles  Cooper,  chairman ;  William 
D.  Mangam,  treasurer ;  and  Charles  B.  Stout, 
Clerk ;  Paul  Grout,  Bichard  E.  Peterson,  Wm. 
H.  Palmer,  Thomas  D.  Smith,  Levi  H.  Mace, 
and  there  is  one  vacancy. 

With  these  events  and  remarks  we  conclude  this 
part  of  our  work.  We  have  traced  the  history  of 
the  vine  from  its  infancy,  through  early  trials  and 
struggles,  to  a  period  of  fruitfulness  and  peace. 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST  CHUBCH.  147 

Well  may  we  exclaim,  in  reviewing  the 
past,  "  What  hath  God  wrought  /"  Many  of 
those, 

"  Whose  names  these  records  bear," 

have  been  summoned  to  join  the  church  within 
the  veil ;  and  as  they  have  been  bidden  away 
from  the  scenes  of  Christian  labor  and  hope,  so 
shall  we  also  pass  on  to  give  account  of  the 
deeds  done  in  the  body.  At  the  longest  we 
have  but  a  short  time  upon  the  earth,  and  all 
worthy  motives  combine  to  urge  us  so  to  spend 
the  fleeting  years  as  most  to  glorify  our  Father 
in  Heaven.  With  many  tears  and  sacrifices  this 
post  has  been  maintained  in  times  past,  and  we 
should  both  labor  and  pray  that,  when  we  are 
gone,  no  vain  or  craven-hearted  successors  may 
surrender  the  ground  consecrated  by  so  many 
pious  efforts,  and  so  frequently  made  glorious 
by  the  presence  of  the  Master.  Rather  let  us 
pray  that,  on  this  beloved  spot  the  banner  of  the 
cross  may  continue  to  wave,  until  the  last  sinner 
is  converted,  and  the  sun  of  time  is  set. 


148 


HISTORY   OF  THE 


Changes  during  the  Fifth  Period. 


TEARS. 

ADDED  BY 

DIMINISHED  BY 

0* 

\ 

i 

'a. 

3 

1 

1 

d 

o 

1 
1 

t 

From  Sept., '52,  to  June 

'63, 

23 

18 

2 

43 

30 

1 

4 

73 

108 

"  June, '53,   " 

'64, 

6 

n 

70 

83 

39 

3 

1 

0 

48 

«    ii  >64,   « 

'65, 

11 

26 

3 

40 

18 

6 

7 

17 

48 

«    "  '66,   « 

'66, 

10 

22 

8 

85 

13 

4 

13 

27 

57 

"  '66,   " 

'e*?, 

Tl 

38 

29 

138 

29 

5 

3 

13 

60 

a    t.  .5Y^   u  . 

'58, 

72 

17 

8 

97 

47 

5 

4 

2 

68 

a    tc  >58^   u 

'59, 

11 

15 

2 

28 

43 

5 

10 

17 

76 

"    "  '59,  to  Dec, 

'59, 

0 

9 

1 

10 

1] 

0 

4 

0 

15 

Total, 

.... 

204 

152,118 

1 

474 

230 

29 

46 

149 

454 

Number  when  brother  Hiscox  came, 489 

Gain, 474 


Loss, 


454 
609 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST  CHFBCH. 


14  D 


Grand  Totals, 


CHANGES  FROM 
ORIGIN  TO  DEC.  1, 

1859. 

ADDED  BY 

DIMINISHED  BY 

1 

i 

2 

t3 

"I57 

0 

821 

20 

443 

830 

12 

•  474 

2,257 

1 

5' 

B 
0 

1 

.5 

3 

. 

During  Period  I 

Bet.  Periods  I.  and  II. . 

During  Period  11 

Bet.  Periods  II.  and  III. 

During  Period  III 

During  Period  IV 

Bet.  Periods  IV.  and  V. 

During  Period   V.,    to 
December  1st,  1859... 

124 

0 

613 

19 
819 
211 

10 

204 
1.500 

31 

(1 

194 

1 

103 

103 

1 

152 

590 

2 

0 
14 

0 
16 
16 

1 

118 
167 

30 
0 
142 
296 
151 
259 

80 

230 

0 

0 
38 

4 
34 
30 

1 

29 

11 

0 
45 

9 
31 
41 
20 

46 

0 
0 
9 
IS 
27 
7 
0 

149 

0 
22 
0 
55 
0 
0 
0 

0 

41 
22 
234 
382 
243 
837 
61 

4M 

1,138 

136 

2u3 

210 

77  1,764 

Constituent  number, 16 

Total  additions, 2,257 

2,273 
Total  losg, 1 .764 

No.  of  Members,  December  1st,  1859, 509 


THE    KEGISTEE. 


***  h  signifies  reception  by  baptism ;  I,  reception  by  letter  ;  «,  receivedi 
by  experience.  I  in  the  last  column  signifies  dismission  by  letter,  andci- 
decease. 

Ashford,  Mrs.  Hannah  /  Sept.  23, 1823 

Adams,  Julia  b  Sept.  6,  1827 

Austin,  Mrs.  Ann  h  Apr.  17,  1827  I  Nov..2r,,1838; 

Adams,  Sarah  \  *  Sept.   6,  1827  I  Oct..  27,1830 

(  I  Apr.  24,  1833  I  Apr.  22, 1835 

Austin,  William  b  Aug.  1,  1828  I  D«e;  29,  1841 

Austin,  Mrs.  Maria  b  Sept.   3,  1828  I  I>ec.  22,  1841 

Alwoise,  Mrs.  Maria  b  June  23, 1830  I  Sept.  27,  1833 

Ask,  Justus  b  Sept.  22,  1830  V  May  24,  1833 

Ask,  Joseph  E.  6  Feb.  23,  1831  I  Oct.   25,  1833 

Austin,  Benjamin  W.  b  June  22,  1831  I  Nov.  21,  1838 

Anderson,  Miss  b  Nov.  23,  1831 

Arnold,  Mrs.  Sabre  b  Mar.  23,  1832  /  Aug.   24  1836 

Anderson,  Mrs.  Hannah         b  Apr.  25,  1832  I  May    24,  1842 

Arnold,  Mrs.  Priscilla  \  ^  ^^^^  ^0,  1832  I  Sept.  20,  1848 

(  I  Oct.   25,.  1848 

Anthony,  Louisa  (Mrs.  Lee)    b  Jan.  30,  r833  I  June  22,  1836 

Atkin,  Eleanor  e  Feb.  22;  1833  d  Aug.  15, 1840 

Arnold,  Hannah  b  May  21,  1834  ^  Jan.  27,  1841 

Aitkin,  Mrs.  Eleanor  I.  May  28,  1834  I  Jan.. 26,  1842. 

Arnold,  Adeline  j  6  June  25,  1834 

(  I  Dec.   3,   1841 


I  Jan.  27,  1841 
/Apr.  27,  1855 


152  niSTOKY   OF   THE 

Akerly,  Richard  C.                I  Dec.  31,  1834  I  June  14,  1857 

Akerly,  Mrs.  Priscilla            I  Dec.   31,  1834  I  June  14,  1857 

Akerly,  Mary                           h  May   27,  1885  Aug.  25,  1841 

Allen,  John                             I  Dec.  30,  1835  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Allen,  Mrs.  Abigail                I  Dec.   30,  1835  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Arnold,  Phebe(Mr8 Bogart)  j  ^'^''''-  2'^'  ^^^^ 
^  ^      ^\l  Dec.   3,   1841 

Ayres,  James  C.                      b  Mar.  30,  1836  I  Sppt.  26,  1838 

Anstead,  Robert                     h  Apr.  20,  1836  Apr.  11,  1855 

Ackerman,  Mrs.  Catherine     6  Feb.   22,1837  ?  Jan.  27,   1841 

Araerman,  Mrs.  Mary             I  Aug.   30,  1837  /  Jan.   27,  1841 

Akerly,  Mrs.  Susan                h  June  21,  1838  /  Jan.  27,  1841 

Applegatc,  Adeline  J  Mar.   28,1838 

Adam,  Mrs.  H.  A.  h  Mar.   21,  1838 

Axworthy,  William                h  May   13,   1838  /June  23,  1841 

Axworthy,  Mrs.  Jane             b  May  18,   1838  I  June  23,  1841 

.     ,        .   Af       A                  SI  I>ec.  31,  1838  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Androvet,  Mrs.  Ann            \  ,  ^  ,       J  , 

(  I  July  27,  1842  I  Nov.  24,  1847 

Ayres,  Mrs.  Sarah                   b  Feb.  21,  1839  Jan.  23,  1856 

Albertson,  Eliza                      6  Feb.  21,1839  ^  Feb.   3,    1841 
Austin,  Mrs.  Elizabeth            b  Mar.  27,  1839 

Araory,  Peter  B.                      b  Mar.  30,  1840  /Jan.  27,  1841 

Amory,  Mrs.  Dorothy  A.M.,     b  Apr.  29,  1835  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Adams,  Mrs.  Lucinda               6  Jan.  26,  1842  Apr.  11,  1865 

Ayres,  Edwin                            b  Feb.  22,  1843  May  29,  1850 

Ayres,  Mrs.  L.  C.                       b  Feb.  23,  1842  I  May  31,  1843 

Akerly,  Mrs.  Margaretta          b  Feb.  14,  1844  Aug.  27,  1858 

(  b  Feb.  28,  1844  I  Feb.  23,  1848 

Anderson,  Emily  F.               \  ^  p^,^^  23,  1849  /  Jan.  22,  1851 

Andrews,  Mrs.  Elizabeth          6  May  18,  1844  /  Sept.  25, 1844 

Atkinson,  Frances                    /  Dec.   3,   1847  Apr.  11,  1855 

Anderson,  Amanda                  b  Apr.  28,  1848  Aug.  18,  1852 

Avery,  Harris  G.                      I  June  2,   1848  I  Apr.  23,  1852 

Akerly,  George  B.                    b  Feb.  26,  1849  July  21,  1852 


STANTON    STREET    BAPTIST   CHURCH.  153 


Ackerraan,  Mrs.  Mary 

b  Mar.    3,  1851 

I  Nov.  23, 

1853 

Ayres,  Mrs.  Margaret 

b  Mar.  26,  1850 

Apr.  11, 

1855 

Anderson,  Hannah 

ZJuly    5,    1850 

;Oct,  22, 

1856 

Arnold,  Elizabeth  A. 

b  Mar.  24,  1852 

(/Aug.  15, 

1855 

Armstrong,  William  P. 

b  June   9,  1852 

I  Oct.  21, 

1857 

Anderson,  Hannah 

e  May   5,   1854 

I 

Arnold,  Mrs.  Sarah 

b  Feb.  23,  1848 

Angevine,  Amanda 

eMay   5,    1854 

Adams,  Charles 

I  Oct.    3,    1856 

I  July  28, 

1858 

Adams,  Mrs.  Jessie 

I  Oct.   3,    1856 

/  July  28, 

1858 

Armstrong,  Catherine 

b  Apr.  1,  1857 

Allison,  Mrs.  Rachel 

(  b  Apr.  3,  1853 
i  ^  Nov.  27,  1857 

I  Mar.  26, 

1856 

Angel,  Anna 

b  Mar.  26,  1858 

Austin,  Sarah  E. 

b  Apr,  7,  1858 

Austin,  Anna 

b  Apr.  7,  1858 

Arment,  Mrs.  Mary 

I  Jan.  24,  1855 

Adams,  Sarah 

I  July  30,  1858 

Alflin,  Susan  C. 

/  July  30,  1858 

Albers,  Wm.  Henry 

b  Oct.  29,  1858 

Sept.  21, 

1859 

Andrews,  Amanda 

Sept.  26, 

1849 

Apsey,  William  S. 

ZJune  3,  1859 

Blakely,  Mrs.  Charlotte 

/Sept.  23,  1823 
I  Sept.  28,  1827 

I  May  27, 
May  19, 

1826 
1830 

Blakely,  Jane 

b  Sept.  23,  1825 

I  May  24, 

1833 

Boyd,  John 

I  July  31,  1826 

I  Sept.  28, 

1827 

Boyce,  Mary 

&Mar.    2,  1827 

Brooks,  Mary 

b  Apr.  17,  1827 

ZJuly  27, 

1831 

Brooks,  Caroline 

6  Apr.  17,  1827 

I  July  27, 

1831 

Bennett,  Ebenezer 

b  June  25,  1828 

Beckwith,  Laura 

b  Sept.  3,   1828 

Beckwith,  Mary  M. 

j  b  Sept.   3,    1828 
i  I  July   28,  1833 

I  Aug.  26, 
I  Oct.  23, 

,  1831 
1839 

Bruce,  George 

6  Oct.    1,    1828 

<fabtSept. 

9, '84 

154:  HISTORY  OF  THE 


Bradbury,  Horace 

&Oct.    28, 

1828 

Nov 

.22, 

1837 

Bradbury,  Ithaiiiar 

I  Oct.     28, 

1828 

;  July 

21, 

1830 

Bradbury  Mrs.  Lucinda 

I  Oct.     28, 

,  1828 

Bailie,  David 

6  Dec.   2.3, 

1829 

Bailie,  Mrs.  Ann  Eliza 

(6  Oct.    3], 
\  I  Feb.      4, 

1827 
1848 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Bailie,  Samuel 

6  Sept.  22, 
"   ^July    23, 

1830 
1847 

Z  July 

26, 

1843 

Bailie,  Mrs.  Jane 

6  Mar.   21, 
"^July    23, 

,  1832 
,  1847 

Z  July 

26, 

1843 

Boyce,  William 

b  Feb.    23, 

,  1831 

Bird,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 

(  b  Feb.    23, 
(  I  June     5, 

1831 

1857 

ZJan. 

2V, 

1847 

Boyce,  Mrs.  Margaret 

6  Feb.    23, 

,  1831 

Nov. 

21, 

1832 

Benedict,  Rev.  George 

^Apr.   20, 

1831 

ZFeb. 

3, 

1841 

Benedict,  Mrs.  Nancy 

(  I  Apr.    20, 
\  e  May      5, 

18:-il 
1854 

/Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Botchford,  Mrs.  Ann 

6  Feb.  27, 

1828 

ZAug. 

26, 

1831 

Bo  wen,  William 

S  b  Sept.  21, 
1  /  Sei  t.  25, 

1831 
1839 

I  Aug. 
I  Mar. 

23, 

24, 

1837 
1847 

Bowen,  Mrs.  Catherine 

'  j  h  Oct.    26, 
1  I  Sept.  25, 

1831 
1839 

ZAug. 
ZMar. 

23, 
24, 

183.7 

1847 

Balen,  Sister 

ZDec.   21, 

1831 

Brown,  Dorcas 

(  b  Feb.  24, 
I  e  May     T, 

1832 
1854 

ZFeb. 

3, 

1841 

Bloom,  Julia  A. 

b  Apr.  25, 

1832 

/Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Benedict,  Mrs.  Abigail 

j  /  June  20, 
(  e  May     3, 

1832 
1854 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Buckley,  Mrs.  Mary  S. 

b  June  20, 

1832 

ZFeb. 

3, 

1841 

Beck, 

JS-pt.  26, 

1832 

Buckout,  Mary 

b  Nov.  21, 

1832 

Buckout,  Elizabeth 

I  Nov.  21, 

1832 

ZAug. 

23, 

1837 

Banks,  Mrs.  Sarah 

b  Nov.  23, 

1832 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Bourne,  Mrs.  Ann 

(ZJan.  23, 
<  I  Nov.  25, 

1833 
1840 

ZOct. 
Z  Jan. 

25, 
27, 

1833 
1841 

STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHUECH.  155 


Beck, 

Bourne,  Stephen 
Bruce,  Mrs.  Charlotte 
Barker,  Mrs.  Eliza 
Bramer,  Eliza 
Bailie,  Margaret 
Bolton,  Lemuel  M. 
Brown,  Mrs.  Martha 
Brown,  Mrs.  Eliza 
Busby  William 
Boscowen,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Bruce,  John 
Blauvelt,  Mrs. 
Bishop,  Mrs.  Phebe  M. 
Baldwin,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Briggs,  Mrs.  Ann 
Baldwin,  Charles  A. 
Baldwin,  Mrs.  Emily 

Bogart,  Mrs.  Phebe 

Bell,  William 
Bonnett,  Daniel  D. 
Bonnett,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Butler,  Ann 

Burt,  William  C. 

Baldwin,  Nehemiah 
Baldwin,  Mrs.  Mary  S. 

Bowen,  Ann  Eliza 

Beman,  Warren 
Bolton,  Mrs,  Mary  F. 
Beman,  Mrs.  Samantha 
Briggs,  William  B, 


b  May  24, 

1833 

I  June  28, 

1833 

lOst 

25, 

1833 

6  Oct.  25, 

1833 

Aug. 

25, 

1841 

ZNov.  1, 

1833 

6  Mar.  26, 

1834 

ZMar. 

24, 

1841 

h  Apr.  23, 

1834 

dOct. 

1, 

18.35 

I  Apr.  23, 

1834 

d  Sept. 

n. 

1857 

b  Dec.  24, 

1834 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

6  July  1, 

1835 

;  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

I  July  22, 

1835 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

I  July  29, 

1835 

ZFeb. 

3, 

1841 

b  Aug.  26, 

1835 

Aug. 

25, 

1841 

b  Sept.  23, 

1835 

Apr. 

22, 

1840 

^Oct.  21, 

1835 

Aug. 

25, 

1841 

b  Oct.  21, 

1835 

ZMay 

24, 

1843 

b  Jan.  2Y, 

1836 

Sept. 

25, 

1850 

I  Feb.   24, 

1836 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

b  July  29, 

1835 

^Jan. 

27, 

1841 

{  b  Jan.  27, 

1836 

^  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

1  I  Dec.  3, 

1841 

/  Apr. 

27, 

1855 

b  Mar.  30, 

1836 

(fOet. 

8, 

1839 

b  Apr.  20, 

1836 

May 

27, 

1846 

b  July  23, 

1834 

J  Feb. 

3, 

1841 

b  Apr.  27, 

1836 

I  Xov. 

20, 

1844 

(  b  Apr.  21, 
I  e  May  5, 

1836 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

1854 

I  April 

23, 

1856 

I  June  22, 

1836 

^  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

^June  22, 

1836 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

(  b  June  29, 
1  I  Sept.  25, 

1836 

^Aug. 

23, 

1837 

1839 

I  June 

23, 

1847 

b  June  29, 

1S36 

I  Feb. 

3, 

1841 

I  Oct.  26, 

1836 

I  Nov. 

25, 

1857 

^Dec.  28, 

1836 

ZFeb. 

3, 

1841 

b  Feb.  15, 

1837 

^July 

24, 

1850 

156 


HISTOKY   OF  THE 


Bird,  Freeman,  B. 

b  Feb. 
I  June 

15, 
5, 

1837 
1857 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Bouker,  Mrs.  Sarah 

6  Mar. 

1, 

1837 

/Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Bruce,  Margaret 

6  Mar. 

1, 

1837 

Aug. 

25, 

1841 

Beman,  Eliza 

I  June 

21, 

,  1837 

I  Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Beman,  Ransom 

^Dec. 

2Y, 

1837 

I  Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Brown,  Nancy 

b  Jan. 

24, 

1838 

Brown,  Mrs.  Susan 

b  Jan. 

24, 

1838 

I  Oct. 

23, 

1844 

Bradwell,  Robert 

b  Jan. 

31, 

1838 

April 

21, 

1841 

Brown,  Maria 

6  Mar. 

21, 

1838 

IJsin. 

27, 

1841 

Bont,  Mrs.  Susan 

6  Mar. 

28, 

1838 

Aug, 

25, 

1841 

Bowrosin,  Mrs.  Catharine 

6  Mar. 

30, 

1838 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Bowen,  Mrs.  Maria 

6  May 

23, 

1838 

^Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Brooks,  Mrs.  Mary 

Z  July 

25, 

1838 

I  Sept. 

29, 

1841 

Beman,  Sylvester 

b  Dec. 

26, 

1838 

ZFeb. 

3, 

1841 

Blake,  Mrs.  Susan 

^Dec. 

26, 

1838 

Beman,  Daniel  T. 

Z  Jan. 

v, 

1839 

I  Oct. 

21, 

1840 

Bryant,  Amelia 

b  Jan. 

29, 

1839 

Baldwin,  Harriet  N. 

b  Jan. 

29, 

1839 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Brown,  Caroline 

b  Jan. 

29, 

1839 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Baldwin,  Mary  L. 

b  Jan. 

29, 

1839 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Brown,  John  M. 

b  Jan. 

29, 

1839 

I  Sept. 

23, 

1841 

Baldwin,  Jared  G. 

1  b  Jan. 
teMay 

30, 
3, 

1839 
1854 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Beman,  Spencer 

b  Jan. 

30, 

1839 

ZFeb. 

3, 

1841 

Beman,  Riley 

e  Jan. 

30, 

1839 

I  Sept. 

30, 

1840 

Barton,  Abigail  Jane 

6  Feb. 

21, 

1839 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Brinckerhoff,  Mrs.  Martha 

6  Mar. 

1, 

1839 

ZOct. 

21, 

1857 

Beals,  Mrs.  Rosalia 

e  May 

1, 

1839 

Dec. 

27, 

1848 

Brown,  Rachel 

ZDec 

25, 

1839 

I  Mar. 

24, 

1841 

Baldwin,  Edward 

bFeh. 

19, 

1840 

ZMay 

24, 

1843 

Beman,  Mrs.  Juliette 

6  Feb. 

19, 

1840 

ZFeb. 

3, 

1841 

Brotherton,  Mrs.  Mary 

J  Feb. 

19, 

1840 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Bowlby,  Wilson 

6  Feb. 

19, 

1840 

Z  Nov. 

20, 

1844 

Baker,  Mrs.  Eunice 

6  Feb. 

26, 

1840 

Z  Jan. 

27 

1841 

BTAirrON    STREET   BAPTIST    CHUECH.  157 


Baker,  George 

b  Feb. 

26, 

1840 

I  Jan. 

27, 

,  1841 

Brotherton,  Samuel 

6  Feb. 

28, 

1840 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

,  1841 

Baisley,  Mrs.  Freelove 

(  b  Mar. 
\  e  May 

25, 
5, 

,  18i0 
1854 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

,  1841 

Billings,  Edwin 

h  Apr. 

'7, 

1841 

April 

11, 

,  1855 

Bigelow,  John  R. 

I  Sept, 

■      1. 

,  1841 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  Eunice  P. 

I  Sept. 

1, 

.  1841 

Bellamy,  Rev.  David 

I  Sept. 

29, 

1841 

I  Xov. 

25, 

1846 

Bellamy,  Mrs.  Eliza 

ZOct. 

6, 

1841 

I  Nov. 

25, 

1846 

Bailie,  Mrs.  Sarah  Jane 

b  Dec. 

3, 

1841 

Z  Jan. 

24, 

1855 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  Sarah  T. 

6  Dec. 

22, 

1841 

Brush,  Albert 

b  Dee. 

29, 

1841 

^May 

24, 

1843 

Benedict,  Philander 

b  Dec. 

29, 

1841 

I  Sept. 

24, 

1845 

Beckwith,  Mrs.  Lucinda 

/Aug. 

23, 

1837 

Bellamy,  Mrs.  Harriet 

iMay 

28, 

1828 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Buckout,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

Aug. 

25, 

1841 

Barton,  Amelia 

Mar. 

16, 

1843 

Briggs,  Amasa  L. 

b  Jan. 

1, 

1842 

Dec. 

29, 

1843 

Bowcn,  John 

b  Jan. 

1^, 

1842 

I  Mar. 

26, 

1847 

Bo  wen,  Mrs.  Catherine  M. 

b  Jan. 

14, 

1812 

I  Mar. 

26, 

1847 

Bailie,  John 

b  Jan. 

li, 

1842 

I  Jan. 

24, 

1855 

Bullock,  Mrs.  Sally 

I  Jan. 

26, 

1842 

I  April 

30, 

1847 

Blauvelt,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  Feb. 

23, 

1842 

I  Nov. 

10, 

1858 

Blauvelt,  Richard  D. 

6  Feb. 

23, 

1842 

I  Nov. 

10, 

1858 

Bell,  Mrs.  Sarah 

6  Feb. 

23, 

1842 

/Feb. 

24, 

1847 

Boyce,  Mrs.  Margaret 

eMar. 

2, 

1842 

J  May 

27, 

1848 

Bogart,  Aris 

6  Mar. 

30, 

1842 

Nov. 

30, 

1859 

Bogart,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann 

b  Mar. 

30, 

1842 

Broderick,  Mrs.  Jane 

I  Apr. 

20, 

1842 

c?Mar. 

6, 

1849 

Boggs,  Joseph 

b  June 

22, 

1842 

I  June 

2:^, 

1847 

Bartlett,  William 

b  June 

22, 

1842 

c/Dec. 

21, 

1845 

Bouton,  George 

I  July 

27, 

1812 

I  Sept. 

25, 

1844 

Bouton,  Mrs.  Martha 

;  July 

27, 

1842 

d  June 

24, 

1844 

Bullock,  Emily 

b  Jan. 

25, 

1843 

/Apr. 

30, 

1847 

Bailie,  EUza 

h  Jan. 

25, 

1843 

158  HISTOEY   OF   THE 


Bogart,  Vincent 

h  Jan. 

25, 

1843 

I  April 

27, 

1855 

Brown,  Mary  E. 

h  Feb. 

10, 

1843 

I  Mar. 

24, 

1852 

Brown,  Hannah  Sophia 

6  Feb. 

1843 

/  Dec. 

23, 

1846 

Byfield,  William 

e  Mar. 

1, 

1843 

ZOct. 

25, 

1843 

Baker,  Royal  W. 

(  h  Mar. 
1     Oct. 

22, 
26, 

1843 
1853 

Aug. 
ZOct. 

18, 
26, 

1852 
1853 

Baker,  Mrs.  Eleanor  E. 

h  Mar. 

Oct. 

22, 
26, 

1843 
1853 

Aug. 
/Oct. 

18, 
26, 

1852 
1853 

Bishop,  Mrs.  Phebe  M. 

^Oct. 

21, 

1835 

Aug. 

25, 

1841 

Bertine,  Mrs.  Henrietta 

h  Jan. 

24, 

1844 

I  April 

23, 

1851 

Burt,  Mrs.  Martha 

h  Jan. 

24, 

1844 

Bond,  Leonard 

6  Feb. 

14, 

1844 

ZDec. 

24, 

1845 

Baker,  Mrs.  Rebecca 

6  Feb. 

14, 

1844 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Baker,  William  H. 

&Feb. 

14, 

1844 

/Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Bartlett,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 

6  Feb. 

n. 

1842 

(fMar. 

26, 

1845 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  Sarah 

h  Oct. 

21, 

1835 

/May 

24, 

1843 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  Sarah  E. 

6  Feb. 

10, 

1843 

/  Dec. 

27, 

1848 

Bell,  Sarah  E. 

6  May 

28, 

1845 

/Feb. 

20, 

1847 

Bogart,  Mrs.  Jane 

h  Apr. 

25, 

1845 

/  Nov. 

25, 

1846 

Burrell,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

h  Jan. 

2, 

1845 

/Feb. 

22, 

1851 

Bishop,  Edward 

h  Jan. 

29, 

1847 

/  Mar. 

27, 

1857 

Bishop,  Mrs.  Harriet 

e  Jan. 

29, 

1847 

/Mar. 

27, 

1857 

Berrian,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

6  Apr. 

30, 

1847 

Brown,  Jeanette 

h  Apr. 

30, 

1847 

/  Jan. 

22, 

1851 

Bixby,  Mrs.  Cornelia 

b  Oct. 

29, 

1847 

/May 

27, 

1849 

Bogart,  Sarah 

6  Feb. 

23, 

1848 

Bird,  Charles  N. 

6  Feb. 

25, 

1848 

Jan. 

20, 

1857 

Bromberger,  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  h  Mar. 

24, 

1848 

Brister,  David 

I  Mar. 

24, 

1848 

/  Sept. 

20, 

1848 

Brister,  Mrs.  Joanna 

/  Mar. 

24, 

1848 

/  Sept. 

20, 

1848 

Brown,  Mrs.  Angeline 

6  Feb. 

23, 

1849 

Barton,  James 

6  Feb. 

26, 

1849 

/Jan. 

25, 

1854 

Bassett,  John 

I  Nov. 

30, 

1849 

Bassett,  Mrs.  Hannah 

I  Xov. 

30, 

1849 

Brogan,  Michael 

/Mar. 

3, 

1850 

April 

11, 

,  1855 

STANTON   STEEET   BAPTIST   CHURCH.  159 


Bennett,  Mary 

6  Mar. 

26, 

1850 

Dec. 

26, 

1850 

Bisland,  John 

6  Mar. 

26, 

1850 

I 

Bisland,  Mrs.  Christiana 

ZMar. 

26, 

1850 

I 

Bryant,  Keuben 

(  I  Nov. 
(     Apr. 

20, 
23, 

1850 
1856 

Jan. 

23, 

1856 

Bruce,  Louisa  A. 

I  Jan. 

29, 

1851 

April 

11, 

1855 

Brink,  Mrs.  Mary 

I  Sept. 

5, 

1851 

I  June 

23, 

1852 

Boswell,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 

6  Mar. 

1848 

Baker,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane 

h  Jan. 

24, 

1844 

I  Nov. 

10, 

1858 

Bromley,  Key.  Henry 

Z  Jan. 

1853 

I  Sept. 

21, 

1853 

Bromley,  Mrs.  Jane 

Z  Jan. 

1853 

I  Sept. 

21, 

1853 

Bromley,  George  H. 

Z  Jan. 

1853 

Dec. 

23, 

1857 

Benedict,  Mrs.  Margaret 

6  Feb. 

22, 

1853 

Bryant,  Mrs.  Jane 

6  Apr. 

3, 

1853 

Bush,  Louisa 

h  Apr. 

3, 

1853 

Beckwith,  E.  W. 

Z  July 

27, 

1853 

Buxton,  Cornelia 

ZMay 

s, 

1854 

ZMay, 

26, 

1858 

Balwin,  D.  W. 

e  May 

3, 

1854 

ZOct. 

27, 

1858 

Benedict,  Mary  Ann 

e  May 

3, 

1854 

Baldwin,  Octavius  D. 

e  May 

3, 

1854 

I  April 

1, 

1857 

Bouton,  Mrs.  Eliza 

e  May 

5, 

1854 

ZMay 

23, 

1855 

Brown,  Jacob  H. 

e  May 

5, 

1854 

Mar. 

23, 

1859 

Bassford,  Mrs.  Sarah 

«May 

5, 

1854 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  Margaret 

e  May 

5, 

1854 

I  April 

1, 

1857 

Bouton,  James 

gMay 

5, 

1854 

ZMay 

23, 

1855 

Brower,  Mrs.  Anna 

e  May 

5, 

1854 

Brower,  Amelia 

h  June 

22, 

1854 

Beach,  William 

I  Nov. 

22, 

1854 

Beach,  Mrs.  Sarah 

I  Nov. 

22, 

1854 

Bush,  Phebe  Jane 

6  Mar. 

20, 

1855 

Bogart,  Mary 

h  Mar. 

20, 

1855 

Beach,  William  W. 

ZMar. 

20, 

1855 

Brockett,  Mrs.  Helen 

ZOct. 

25, 

1854 

Brown,  Edward  P. 

6  July 

25, 

1855 

Blauvelt,  Sarah,  A.  .  h  May  21,  1856    I  Nov.     10,  1868 


160  HISTORY    OF   THE 


Berghaus,  Julius,  F.  J.  M. 

5  Feb.     1,  1856 

Jan. 

26, 

1859 

Beach,  Mrs.  Sarah  C. 

I  Oct.      3,  1856 

Bromberger,  Margaret 

h  Oct.      3,  1856 

Berrien,  Mrs.  Anua 

h  Dec.  26,  1856 

Berrien,  James 

h  Jan.  30,   1857 

Binghfvra,  William  St.  Maur  h  Feb.  20,  1857 

Aug. 

24, 

1859 

Birch,  Mrs.  Phebe  P. 

e  Feb.    27,  1857 

Bowman,  Mrs.  Mary  J. 

h  Mar.  13,  1857 

/Oct. 

21, 

1857 

Bingham,  Samuel  S. 

6  Apr.     1,  1857 

Blauvelt,  Louisa 

h  Apr.     1,  1857 

/  Nov. 

10, 

1858 

Ball,  Jane 

h  Apr.    3,  1857 

/July 

3, 

1857 

Bryant,  Mrs.  Mary  L. 

h  Apr.  23,   1857 

Bigelow,  John  P. 

h  Apr.  23,    1857 

Bird,  Eliza 

b  May  29,  1857 

Barnes,  Mary  Jane 

b  May  29,    1859 

BoUas,  John  H. 

b  June  26,  1857 

Mar. 

23, 

1859 

Brookman,  Pauline 

b  June  26,  1857 

Brown,  Mrs,  Catharine 

eJuly     3,  1857 

Betts,  Mrs.  Rebecca 

b  Oct.   23,  1857 

Boyle,  William  P. 

ZMar.      5,  1858 

Boyle,  Mrs.  Rebecca 

I  Mar.      5,  1858 

Brady,  John  H. 

b  Mar.  25,  1858 

Broderick,  William  J. 

b  Mar.  25,  1858 

Butler,  Sarah  E. 

b  May  27,  1858 

Brun,  Mrs  Mary  C. 

ZSept.   24,  1858 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  Susan 

e  May      3,  1854 

Beman,  Walter 

/Nov.     6,  1858 

Bird,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

(  b  Mar.     1,  1843 
(     Mar.  25,   1859 

Dec. 

22 

,  1858 

Bigelow,  Mrs.  Maria  S. 

b  Aug.     7,  1858 

Clark,  Mrs.  Catharine 

/Sept.  23,  1823 

Oct. 

25, 

1837 

Cheeseman,  Mary 

I  Sept.  23,  1823 

Clark,  Richard  W. 

/Oct.   26,    1823 

Oct. 

25, 

1837 

Clark,  Hester 

/  Mar.    16,  1825 

Oct. 

22, 

1825 

STANTON    STEEET   BAPTIST   CHIJEOH.  161 


Clark,  Samuel 

b  Mar.  23,  182Y 

July  23, 

1834 

Crygier,  Elizabeth 

b  Mar.   30,  182'7 

Cowan,  James 

b  Apr.    10,  182Y 

J  Apr.   14, 

,  1848 

Cox,  Mary 

b  Apr.  10,  1827 

Colton,  Mrs. 

b  Apr.     2,  1828 

July  29, 

1829 

Chitsey,  Mrs.  Philomela 

b  July  30,  1828 

Oct.   23, 

1844 

Cornish,  William 

b  July     2,  1828 

ZNov.  25, 

1835 

Clyne,  Catharine 

b  Sept.    3,  1828 

I  Feb.     3, 

1841 

Cox,  Jane  E. 

b  Feb.  23,  1831 

Cline,  Elizabeth 

6  Apr.  20,  1831 

Cowan,  Mrs.  Hannah 

b  Dec.  21,  1831 

Castle,  Nancy 

b  Feb.   22,  1832 

ZFeb.    3, 

1841 

Cornish,  Mrs. 

b  Apr.   25,  1832 

ZNov.  25, 

1835 

Crawford,  Mrs.  Charlotte 

b  Nov.  21,  1832 

ZJan.   27, 

1841 

Cook,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

(  I  May   24,  1833 
(     Nov.  20,  1844 

July  26, 
/Jan.   27, 

1843 
1847 

Cozens,  Mrs.  Phebe  Jane 

I  Apr.   27,  1832 

/July  24, 

1839 

Cox,  Oliver 

b  Aug.  23,  1833 

July  25, 

1838 

Cox,  Mrs.  Sophia 

b  Feb.  28,  1834 

July   26, 

1843 

Cash,  Mrs.  Susan  C. 

b  Mar.  26,  1834 

/May  23, 

1838 

b  Apr.  23,  1834 
■  ^  June  27,  1849 

/  Feb.     3, 

1841 

Chamberlain,  Mrs.  Leah 

/Mar.     1, 

1854 

Coit,  Mrs.  Sarah  M. 

'  b  Mar.  25,  1835 

Coit,  Mrs.  Mary 

b  Apr.  22,  1835 

/Jan.    27, 

1841 

Cox,  Mrs.  Jane 

b  May  27,   1835 

/  b  July  31,   1835 

/June  24, 

1840 

Cary,  William 

)  I  Jan.      3,  1844 

/Aug.  26, 

1846 

(  I  Nov.  26,  1847 

/July     3, 

1857 

Cox,  Abigail 

b  Sept.  23,  1835 

/  Apr.   23, 

1856 

Cooper,  Mrs.  Adelaide 

b  Sept.  23,  1835 

Mar.    25, 

1855 

Combs,  Zebulon  K. 

b  Apr.  27,   1836 

/Aug.  24, 

1842 

Cary,  Hester 

I  Apr.   27,  1836 

b  Sept.  —   1835 

/July  24, 

1840 

Cary,  Mrs.  Susan 

•  ;Jan.      3,    184  i 

/Nov.  25, 

1846 

^Nov.  26,  1847 

/July    8, 

186T 

162  HISTORY    OF   THE 


Combs,  Mrs.  Mary  I  Apr.    27,   1836  I  Aug.  24,  1842 

^,       ,     ,.     ^,     T,  f  S  Feb.  15,  1837  ^  Feb.    3,    1841 

Chamberlain,  Peter  T.  J     ^         ^^      ^.  -r^ 

'  I  ;  June  27,  1849  Dec.  24,   1851 

Corl,  Julia  h  Feb.  15,  1837  July   26,  1843 

Crane,  Mrs.  Delight  h  Mar.    3,    1837  I  Feb.    3,    1841 

Colon,  Margaret  6  July   28,  1837  ^  May  25,    1842 

Cox,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  h  July  26,    1837  I  Apr.   23,  1856 

Cromwell,  Mrs.  Rebecca  I  Aug.     2,  1837  I  Jan.  27,    1841 

Chub,  Mrs.  Mary  6  Aug.  23,1837  Oct.    23,    1844 

Cogal,  Jane  I  Nov.  22,  1837  Aug.  26,   1843 

Carpenter,  Mrs.  Jane  I  July     2,   1845 

Childs,  Louisa  b  Jan.  24,  1838 

Conklin,  Mrs.  Martha  h  Jan.  24,   1838 

Crosby,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  b  Feb.    2,    1838  I  Jan.    27,   1841 

Clarke,  Sophia  b  Feb.  31,  1838  I  Jan.   27,  1841 

Crosby,  Mrs.  July  26,  1843 

Carman,  Caroline  b  June  30,  1839 

Chase,  Mrs.  Rebecca  b  Feb.  20,  1839  Aug.  18,  1852 

i  b  Feb.   21,  1839  I  Feb.    3,    1841 

Clark,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  \  ^  ^^^^   33,  1849  Apr.  11,   1855 

Carpenter,  Robert  b  Feb.  2Y,  1839  I  Feb.     3,   1841 

Collier,  Hiram  I  Apr.     3,  1839  I  Jan.    27,   1841 

Clifford,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  b  May   29,  1839  I  Jan.  27,   1841 

Cropper,  Mary  Ann  b  Nov.  30,   1839  I  June  16,  1843 

Cassidy,  Bernard  M.  b  Feb.    26,  1840  I  Feb.      3,  1841 

Cassidy,  Mrs.  Catharine  b  Feb.  26,  1840  I  Feb.      3,  1841 

(6  Feb.  28,  1840  /Feb.     ;3,  1841 

Chamberlain,  CaroUne  -j  ;  ju^e  27,  1849  /Mar.    'l,  1854 

Cox,  William  b  Mar.  25,  1840  /  Jan.    27,  1841 

Cox,  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  b  Mar.  25,  1840  I  Jan.    27,  1841 

Carpenter,  Eleanor  b  Mar.  30,  1840  I  Feb.      3,  1841 

Castor,  Mrs.  Zereda  6  Mar.  30,  1840  /Jan,    27,1841 

Cropsey,  Mrs  Mary  Ann  b  Mar.  30,  1840  /  Jan.    27,  1841 

Chapman,  Sarah  Ann  b  Mar.  30,  1840  /  Jan.    27,  1841 

Collier,  Mrs.  Charlotte  /  June  24,  1840  /  Jan.  27»  1841 


STANTON    STREET   BAFHST  CHUKCH.  163 


Collier,  Ann 

/June  24, 

1840 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Cox,  Thomas 

I  Aug. 

26, 

1840 

Jan. 

27, 

1844 

ColboTT,  Eliza 

j  /  Nov. 
1     Aug. 

25, 
23, 

1840 
1843 

July 
Mar. 

26, 
25, 

1843 
1846 

Chase,  Eelief  T. 

/Dec. 

23, 

1840 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Cooper,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

6  Mar. 

31, 

,1841 

Cooper,  Charles 

6  Mar. 

31, 

1841 

Cooper,  Robert 

6  Mar. 

31, 

1841 

Cook,  John  H. 

J  Dec. 

22, 

1841 

/  Sept. 

23, 

1846 

Crosby,  Mrs  Naomi 

/Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Campbell,  Mrs.  Ann  E. 

/Aug. 

26, 

1840 

Cary,  Mrs.  Matilda 

b  Jan, 

26, 

1842 

Apr. 

11, 

1855 

Cooper,  Mrs.  Jane 

J  Feb. 

IT, 

1842 

(/Nov. 

28, 

1853 

Cook,  Mrs.  Eliza 

6  Mar. 

30, 

1842 

t/July 

14, 

1842 

Coons,  Mrs.  Henrietta 

b  June  29, 

1842 

/Feb. 

24, 

1847 

Crosby,  Mrs.  Mary  J. 

/Aug. 

24, 

1842 

Cornell,  Mrs.  Angelina 

b  Sept. 

2, 

1842 

/Feb. 

24, 

1847 

Concklin,  William 

/Oct. 

26, 

1842 

/Dec. 

23, 

1846 

Concklin,  Mrs.  Anna 

/Oct. 

26, 

1842 

/Dec. 

23, 

1846 

Cox,  Mary 

b  Jan. 

25, 

1843 

/ 

Chamberlain,  Mary  E. 

c  b  Jan. 
l  I  June 

25, 
27, 

1843 
1849 

/  Nov. 
/Mar. 

26, 
1, 

1854 
1854 

Coleson,  Elsey 

b  Jan. 
■  /Aug. 

25, 

2Y, 

1843 
1845 

/  June 
Aug. 

25, 
18, 

1845 
1852 

Cooper,  George  W. 

b  Jan. 

25, 

1843 

Apr. 

22, 

1846 

Cliflford,  Ellen 

b  Feb. 

2, 

1843 

Mar. 

25, 

1846 

Cooper,  Charlotte 

6  Feb. 

3, 

1843 

/Dec. 

23, 

1846 

Capache,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  Feb. 

10, 

1843 

/Apr. 

27, 

1855 

Capache,  Salvatore 

j  b  Feb. 
"i     Feb. 

10, 

5, 

1843 
1847 

Oct. 
May 

21, 
26, 

1846 
1847 

Carley,  Benj.  J.  M. 

6  Feb. 

3, 

1843 

/Oct. 

25, 

1853 

Clark,  Mrs.  Cornelia  G. 

b  Feb. 

22, 

1843 

Oct. 

27, 

1858 

Clark,  John 

6  Feb. 

24, 

1843 

July 

21, 

1852 

Chapman,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

6  Mar. 

1, 

,  1843 

Craig.  Peter 

6  Mar. 

29, 

1843 

/  Apr. 

30, 

1847 

164: 


HISTORY   OF   THE 


Craig,  Mrs.  Helen 

6  Mar. 

29, 

1843 

/Apr. 

30, 

1847 

Ooncklin,  John 

b  Mar. 

31, 

1843 

Nov. 

20, 

1844 

Chandler,  Emma  H. 

5  Feb. 

14, 

1844 

/Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Corley,  Ann  Sophia 

b  Apr. 

5, 

1844 

/  Jan. 

2Y, 

1847 

Corley,  Robert  C. 

6  May 

29, 

1844 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Corley,  Mrs.  Rachel 

€  May 

29, 

1844 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Cobb,  Mrs.  Sarah  M. 

b  May 

25, 

1836 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

■Gary,  Maria  Louisa 

(  b  Jan. 
I  I  Nov. 

29, 

26, 

1845 
1847 

/  Nov. 

/  Sept. 

25, 
21, 

1846 
1854 

Cary,  Mary  Elizabeth 

6  Feb. 

19, 

1845 

Cratey,  Mrs.  Mary 

/May 

28, 

1845 

/  Apr. 

21, 

1847 

Cross,  Mrs.  Eliza 

5  Dec. 

e, 

1845 

Cat-ley,  Mrs.  Ann 

6  Feb. 

27, 

1846 

/Oct. 

25, 

1853 

Callisch,  Mrs.  Amelia  A. 

e  Mar, 

31, 

1843 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Corley,  Mary 

6  Mar. 

27, 

1846 

/Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Carley,  Mrs.  Ellen 

I  Oct. 

30, 

1846 

/  Nov. 

10, 

1858 

Cleaver,  Caroline 

(  I  Dec. 
•j  I  Jan. 

1, 

26, 

1846 
1859 

/July 

28, 

1858 

Carstang,  Mrs.  Susan 

b  Mar. 

3, 

1847 

Apr. 

11, 

1855 

Carpenter,  Mrs.  Sarah 

I  Mar. 

3, 

1847 

/  Jan. 

21, 

1849 

Carpenter,  Mary  Jane 

I  Mar. 

3, 

1847 

/Jan. 

24, 

1849 

Cypher,  Mrs.  Malinda  A. 

b  May 

23, 

1847 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Clark,  Mrs.  Frances 

?Dec. 

3, 

1847 

Apr. 

11, 

1855 

Crout,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 

b  Jan. 

21, 

1848 

Conselyea,  Mrs.  Caroline 

6  Feb. 

23, 

1848 

/  Sept. 

26, 

1849 

Cooper,  Charles  Wm. 

6  Feb. 

25, 

1848 

July 

21, 

1852 

Crout,  David 

6  Mar. 

1, 

1848 

d 

Craft,  Stephen  B. 

b  Mar. 

1, 

1848 

Craft,  Mrs.  Hannah  Maria 

b  Mar. 

1, 

1848 

Coolcy,  Joshua 

b  Mar. 

1, 

1848 

Cook,  Wm.  Henry 

b  Mar. 

2, 

1848 

I  May 

26, 

1852 

Cole,  Amanda 

I  Mar. 

3, 

1843 

/  Nov. 

29, 

1854 

Carver,  Phebe 

I  Mar. 

3, 

1848 

/  June 

28, 

1854 

Cole,  Ramah 

/Mar. 

3, 

1848 

/  Sept. 

23, 

1852 

Cole,  Mrs.  Charlotte 

ZMar. 

3, 

1848 

/  Sept, 

23, 

1852 

STANTON   STEEET   BAPTIST   CHCJECH.  165 


Clark,  Elizabeth 

6  Mar.  24, 

1848 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Cogswell,  Benj.  F.             • 

6  Feb.    2, 

1849 

I  June 

25, 

1851 

Clack,  Joseph 

eMay  23, 

1849 

May 

11, 

1855 

Clack,  Mrs. 

h  May  23, 

1849 

May 

11, 

185,5 

Clark,  Mrs.  Harriet 

6  Jan.    2, 

1850 

Apr. 

4, 

1857 

Crisfield,  Mrs.  Mary- 

6  May    1, 

1850 

^  Apr. 

25, 

1852 

Crawford,  Mrs.  Margaret 

I  June 

25, 

1856 

Gary,  Susan 

h  Mar.    6, 

1853 

/Jan. 

27, 

1858 

CoUis,  William  E. 

h  June   5, 

1853 

d 

Gary,  Mary 

h  June   5, 

1853 

Casy,  Catharine 

ZJan.    25, 

1854 

Cook,  Celestina  L. 

I  May      3, 

1854 

Cunningham,  Mrs.  Sarah 

e  May      3, 

1854 

Cole,  John  B. 

/May    31, 

1854 

Campbell,  Anna 

b  Mar.  20, 

1855 

d  Sept, 

.  24, 

1857 

Carpenter,  Mrs.  Hannah 

ZMay    21, 

1856 

Crichton,  Thomas  J. 

h  Jan.   23, 

1857 

Crichton,  Mrs.  Eliza 

e  Oct.      1, 

1856 

Camp,  Fanny 

h  Jan.   23, 

1857 

Cornwell,  Mary  Ann 

b  Apr.  17, 

1857 

Cunningham,  Ann  Eliza 

5  May   29, 

1857 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Mary  L. 

b  Feb.  23, 

1848 

lOci. 

27, 

1858 

Cochrane,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 

/Jan. 

26, 

1859 

CornweU,  Ellen 

^Dec.   31, 

1857 

Cox,  Mary  E. 

h  Feb.  24, 

1858 

Cooper,  Mrs.  Hannah 

b  Nov.  23, 

1849 

Cooper,  Mrs.  Mary  Augusta 

.   &Feb.  23, 

1851 

Cann,  Thomas  H. 

6  Apr.    V, 

1858 

Coburn,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

6  Apr.  23, 

1858 

Cann,  Mary  J. 

6  May   27, 

1858 

Chapman,  Susan  A. 

6  May   27, 

1858 

Cann,  Mrs.  Mary  B. 

ZMay    28, 

1858 

Comings,  Mrs.  Rosetta 

I  Sept.  21, 

1854 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Catharine 

/July  30, 

1858 

■  Christian,  Henry  C. 

I  Jan.      1, 

1859 

166 


HISTORY    OF   THE 


Conlin,  Pwebecca 

IJnne    3, 

1859 

Cook,  Mrs.  Catharine 

I  Nov.  80, 

.1859 

Dusenbury   William  C. 

I  Oct.      3, 

1823 

/  Mar. 

5, 

1828 

Dusenbury,  Susanna 

I  Feb.     1, 

1824 

/Feb. 

27, 

1828 

Davis,  Benjamin 

eMay    27, 

1826 

Jan. 

28, 

1830 

Davis,  Mrs,  Caroline 

^May   27, 

1826 

Dedredge,  Jacob 

I  Oct.   31, 

1827 

Aug. 

23, 

1837 

Dedredge,  Jane 

/Oct.    31, 

1827 

Aug. 

23, 

1837 

Dunning,  Mrs.  Hannah 

I  Dec.     3, 

1828 

/Oct. 

26, 

1831 

Davis,  Miss  Mary  E. 

b  Jan.  23, 

1829 

i  Sept. 

20, 

1837 

Doty,  Mrs.  Caroline 

f  b  Apr.  25, 
\  I  Feb.   22,; 

1832 
^1853 

/Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Doty,  Walter  R. 

r  b  Apr.  25, 
|/Feb.  22, 

1832 
1853 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Davis,  Dr.  John 

b  Nov.  22, 

1833 

/Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Davis,  Mrs.  Sally 

b  Nov.  29, 

1833 

/Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Dunham,  Mrs.  Mary  S. 

b  Nov.  29, 

1833 

/Feb. 

22, 

1843 

Douglass,  Jane 

b  Mar.  26, 

1834 

De  Hart,  Mrs.  Susan 

/  Apr.      5, 

1834 

Davis,  Mrs.  Xaacy 

/Apr.    23, 

1834 

/Oct. 

25, 

1837 

Drake,  John  H. 

I  Oct.    29, 

1834 

/  Nov. 

30, 

1836 

Drew,  John 

b  Dec.  24, 

1834 

/Feb. 

28, 

1838 

Drew,  Mrs.  Sarah 

/Dec.  24, 

1834 

/Feb. 

28, 

1838 

Drake,  Mrs.  Rachel 

b  Mar.  25, 
Jan.  27, 

1835 
1847 

July 
c/Feb. 

26, 

1843 
1847 

Donelly,  Ellen 

b  June  24, 

1835 

/May 

23, 

1838 

DeCamp,  Mrs.  Ann 

b  July  29, 

1S35 

Davids,  Mrs.  Jane 

b  Mar.  23, 

1836 

(/Oct. 

2, 

1844 

Davis,  Miss 

6  Apr.   27, 

1836 

Doty,  Mrs.  Charlotte 

b  Sept.  21, 

1836 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Davis,  Laura 

b  Oct.    26, 

1836 

Delia  Torre,  Joseph 

J  Feb.  15, 

1837 

/  July 

23, 

1845 

Dayton,  Samuel 

6  Feb.  22, 

1837 

/  Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Drake,  Mrs.  Maria 

/  Sept.  27, 

1837 

/  Nov. 

20, 

1839 

STANTON    STKEET   BAPTIST    CHURCH. 


16T 


Donaldson,  Jane  E. 

h  Kov, 

,  22, 

1837 

^May 

23, 

1838 

Davis,  Mrs,  Anna 

h  Jan. 

24, 

1838 

;  Apr. 

3, 

1844 

Drake,  Mrs.  Mary 

h  Jan. 

24, 

1838 

I  Jan. 

22, 

1840 

Davis,  Mary 

SFeb; 

21, 

1838 

ZMar. 

24, 

1841 

Denny,  Julia 

5  July 

25, 

1838 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Darvea,  Levi 

h  Jan. 

29, 

1839 

Z  Jan. 

.27, 

1841 

Drinker,  Mrs.  Eliza 

b  Jan. 

29, 

1839 

Day,  Mrs.  Nancy 

5  Feb. 

20, 

1839 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

(  h  Feb, 

20, 

1839 

ZJan. 

27, 

1841 

Daniels,  Wm. 

j  /  May 

4, 

1849 

Nov. 

28, 

1851 

(  r  Dec. 

22, 

1852 

Sept. 

22, 

1858 

Daniels,  Mrs.  Hannah 

:  b  Feb. 
"  ZMay 

20, 
4, 

1839 
1849 

I  Jan. 
ZOct. 

27, 
27, 

1841 
1858 

Davis,  Francis 

JFeb. 

21, 

1839 

Deforest,  Mrs.  Ann 

6  Feb. 

21, 

1839 

ZJan. 

27, 

1841 

Decker,  Charles 

&Feb. 

27, 

1839 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Decker,  Mrs.  Ann 

6  Feb. 

26, 

1839 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Deronde,  Mrs.  Margaret  Ann  b  Mar. 

27, 

1839 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Davis,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

6  Mar. 

27, 

1839 

d  Jan. 

26, 

1842 

Davis,  Mrs.  Cath. 

j  I  Apr. 
"  I  Dec. 

3, 

22, 

1839 
1842 

I  Mar. 
ZMar. 

24, 
25, 

1841 
1846 

Davis,  Rev.  Henry 

I  Apr. 

3, 

1839 

I  Nov. 

20, 

1839 

Dunham,  Mrs.  Eliza 

I  Yob. 

26, 

1840 

/Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Davis,  Mary  E. 

6  Apr. 

1, 

1840 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Durken,  John 

6  Mar. 

31, 

1841 

/May 

23, 

1855 

Drake,  Sarah 

iDec. 

1, 

1841 

Mar. 

16, 

1843 

Ditmars,  Mrs.  Cath. 

I  Sept. 

25, 

1850 

Davids,  Mrs.  Eliza 

Oct. 

21, 

1846 

Ditraars,  Garret 

h  Jan. 

14, 

1842 

I  Sept. 

25, 

1850 

Durkin,  Richard  Gr. 

6  Feb. 

23, 

1842 

(f  Apr. 

16, 

1843 

Durkin,  Mrs.  Maria 

6  Feb. 

23, 

1842 

Dickenson,  Mary  Catharine 

b  Mar. 

2, 

1842 

Douglass,  Elizabeth 

b  Dec. 

2, 

1842 

Day,  Mrs.  Sarah  E. 

6  Feb. 

10, 

1843 

Dennis,  Mary  Jane 

JFeb. 

22, 

1848 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

168 


HISTOEY   OF   THE 


Delap,  Mrs.  Sarah 

6  Mar.  22, 

1843 

Durlon,  Mrs.  Jane 

Oct. 

21, 

1846 

Durkin,  Mrs.  Rebecca 

j  I  Feb.   25, 
jrFeb.  25, 

1848 
1849 

Z  Apr. 
ZMay 

22, 
23, 

1846 
1855 

Dean,  Harriet 

I  Oct.    25, 

1843 

ZDec. 

27, 

1848 

Davis,  William 

I  Jan.      3, 

1844 

ZApr. 

3, 

1844 

Davis,  Mrs.  Eunice 

I  Jan.      3, 

1844 

ZApr. 

3, 

1844 

Delia  Torre,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann 

c?  Jan. 

1, 

1845 

Davis,  Mrs.  Emma 

I  Sept.     3, 

1845 

ZDec. 

23, 

1846 

De  La  Montanye,  Mary 

;Nov.   28, 

1845 

Duleon,  Mrs.  Catharine 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

De  La  Montanye,  Mrs.  Sarah  b  Apr.  20, 

1842 

Davis,  Mrs.  Adeline 

Z  July 

22, 

184T 

Drake,  Mrs.  Ann 

fZApr. 

24, 

1851 

Dyer,  James  H. 

b  Jan.  31, 

1848 

dMay 

14, 

1851 

Dolen,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

J  May   23, 

1849 

Z  Jan. 

23, 

1851 

Duffy,  Charlotte 

6  May  23, 

1849 

Z  June  23, 

1852 

Decker,  Lewis 

b  Mar.  24, 

1852 

Sept. 

2Y, 

1854 

Davis,  "Wm.  H. 

j  b  Feb.     6, 

1853 

ZMar. 

1, 

1854 

Davis,  Caroline 

ZFeb.   22, 

1853 

d  Sept, 

•    3, 

1854 

Dayton,  Mrs.  Susan 

e  May     5, 

1854 

Drake,  Sophia 

b  June    2, 

1854 

ZApr. 

15, 

1857 

Davenport,  Joshua 

I  Sept.  21, 

1854 

Davenport,  Mrs.  OHve 

I  Sept.  21, 

1854 

Davenport,  Joseph  P. 

I  Sept.  21, 

1854 

Davenport,  Jonathan  G. 

I  Sept.  21, 

1854 

Davenport,  Sophia 

I  Sept.  21, 

1854 

Drinker,  Martha 

feFeb.  21, 

1855 

Devine,  Mrs.  Maria 

ZMar.   28, 

1856 

Dunsby,  Wra.  P. 

b  Mar.  21, 

1856 

Doty,  Lewis 

ZMar.  21, 

1856 

Davies,  George  Wm. 

b  Oct.    24, 

1856 

Decker,  Alfred  F. 

ZJan.   30, 

1857 

Decker,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 

ZJan.   30, 

185T 

STANTON    STREET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  169 


Davenport,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Dennis,  Charles  Wm. 
Dayton,  James  R. 
Dayton,  Susan  D. 
Davenport,  Lavina  B. 
Delony,  Juliet  B. 
Doty,  Mrs.  Anna  E. 
Dodge,  Rev.  George  W. 
Dodge,  Mrs.  Mary  P. 
Durlon,  Mrs.  Jane 
Doughty,  Mrs.  Ann  Eliza 

Dayton,  Mrs.  Eliza 
Durkin,  Mrs.  Rebecca 

Elgreen,  Ann 

Eastman,  Rev.  Samuel 
Eastman,  Mrs.  Mary 

E^ving,  John 

Ewing,  Mrs.  Mary 

Evans,  Timothy  T. 

Everitt,  John  L.,  jr. 

Evans,  Mrs.  Eliza 

Earland,  Mrs. 
Ewing,  Geo.  W. 
Ebbetts,  Mrs.  Temperance 
Ertzberger,  James  L. 

Essery,  Anthony 

■Eccleston,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 


b  Mar.  13, 

1857 

e  Apr.     3, 

1857 

b  May  29, 

1857 

b  May   29, 

1857 

b  Feb.  26, 

1858 

b  June  18, 

1858 

b  Feb.  21, 

1855 

ZNov.  30, 

1859 

;Nov.  30, 

1859 

b  June  28, 

1833 

b  July  16, 

1827 

b  Oct.    25, 

1827 

Apr. 

2, 

1828 

;     Mar.    3, 

1837 

Feb. 

3, 

1841 

b  Mar.     1, 

1839 

I  Oct.      3, 

1823 

ZJan. 

27, 

1841 

e  May     7, 

1854 

I  Mar.  16, 

1825 

^Mar. 

22, 

1837 

I  Dec.      2, 

1829 

ZMar. 

22, 

1837 

I  Sept.   — 

1825 

I  Nov. 

30, 

1826 

/May  31, 

1827 

ZFeb. 

27, 

1828 

I  Sept.   — 

1825 

I  Nov. 

30, 

1826 

I  May   31, 

1827 

ZFeb. 

27, 

1828 

J  May   31, 

1827 

/Feb. 

22, 

1832 

I  Mar.  26, 

1834 

/Mar. 

23, 

1842 

b  June  25, 

1828 

July 

21, 

1852 

[  h  April  22, 

1831 

ZFeb. 

22, 

1832 

!  I  Mar.  26, 

1834 

ZMar. 

23, 

1842 

"eMay    31, 

1833 

b  Oct.    25, 

1833 

/May 

26, 

1858 

6  May  27, 

1835 

</May 

8, 

1841 

6  Feb.  21, 

1838 

I  Nov. 

20, 

1839 

[  b  Jan.  29, 

1839 

I  June 

23, 

1841 

[  I  Nov.  25, 

1841 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

b  Jan.  29, 

1839 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

14* 

170                                 HISTORY    OF 

THE 

Eccleston,  Thomas 

6  Mar. 

30, 

1840 

/Jan. 

2V, 

1841 

Ewen,  John  B. 

b  Apr. 

1, 

1840 

Everett,  Mrs.  Enieline 

I  Sept. 

29, 

1841 

Ellsworth,  Mrs.  Petrena 

b  Dec. 

1, 

1841 

/Apr. 

20, 

1859 

Ellsworth,  Wm.  T. 

b  Jan. 

26, 

1842 

Jan. 

26, 

1859 

Earl,  Araminta 

&Feb. 

1, 

1843 

June  14, 

1859 

Est  wick,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 

b  Mar. 

2'^ 

1843 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Estwick,  Henry 

b  Jan. 

31, 

1844 

/Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Edwards,  Richard 

b  Jan. 

29, 

1845 

Mar. 

23, 

1859 

Eells,  Lucy  Ann 

I  Mar. 

28, 

1845 

/Feb. 

24, 

1847 

Ellis,  John 

h  Oct. 

29, 

184'7 

/  Jan. 

22, 

1851 

Ellis,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann 

b  Oct. 

29, 

1847 

/Jan. 

22, 

1851 

Ellis,  Mrs.  Mary 

lOoi. 

29, 

1847 

Edstrora,  Mrs.  Sarah  E. 

/Dec. 

31, 

1847 

Edwards,  Eden 

6  Feb. 

23, 

1848 

Edwards,  Mrs.  Ann  Eliza 

iFeb. 

2, 

1848 

Edstrom,  Edwin 

Z^Feb. 

2, 

1848 

June  23, 

1856 

Enoch,  John 

b  Jan. 

26, 

1849 

d  Apr. 

2, 

1850 

Ennis,  Charlotte 

b  Mar. 

23, 

1849 

/Jan. 

25, 

1854 

Ellingham,  Francis 

6  Aug, 

,  18, 

1852 

June 

14:, 

1855 

Emmons,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 

b  Mar. 

3, 

18.30 

Ellis,  John  0. 

I  Jan. 

26, 

1853 

Ellis,  Mrs.  Sarah  A. 

I  Jan. 

26, 

1853 

Ewing,  Mrs.  Henrietta  P. 

6  Mar. 

3, 

1853 

/  July 

28, 

1858 

Ellison,  John  J. 

6  Mar. 

29, 

1854 

/May 

26, 

1858 

Ewing,  Henrietta 

6  Mar. 

28, 

1856 

/July 

28, 

1858 

Edwards,  Richard 

e  Oct. 

1, 

1856 

Edwards,  Mrs.  Ann 

e  Oct. 

1, 

1856 

Edwards,  George 

b  Nov. 

28, 

1856 

Elwell,  Edason 

b  June  26, 

1857 

Everett,  Mrs.  Almira 

b  June 

26, 

1827 

(^July 

31, 

1839 

Earl,  Mrs.  Eliza 

6  Feb. 

13, 

1828 

May 

24, 

1837 

Fulton  James  W, 
Fulton,  Mrs.  Catharine 

I  Jan. 
Z  Jan. 

25, 
25, 

1824 
1824 

/Oct. 
/Oct. 

1, 
1, 

1828 
,  1828 

STANTOi^    STEEET    BAPTIST    CHUECH.  171 


Floor,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

6  May 

29, 

1830 

d  Nov. 

29, 

1840 

Frear,  William 

3  Feb. 

23, 

1831 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Frear,  Mrs.  Ann 

3  Feb. 

23, 

1831 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Fisher,  Robert 

3  Mar. 
^Sept. 

21, 

28, 

1832 
1842 

ZMar. 
April 

27, 
27, 

1839 
1855 

Fulliger,  Ann 

b  June 

25, 

1834 

Follett,  John  F. 

b  April 

22, 

1835 

I  June 

25, 

1845 

Foster,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 

ZOct. 

21, 

1835 

ZDec. 

20, 

1843 

Follett,  Mrs.  Ann  L. 

I  June 

22, 

1836 

I  Jan. 

22, 

1845 

Ferguson,  Margaret 

^Feb. 

22, 

1837 

ZFeb. 

3, 

1841 

Frith,  Mrs.  Sarah 

I  Sept. 

29, 

1837 

ZFeb. 

23, 

1842 

Frizzle,  Celestina  Elizabeth    b  Feb. 

21, 

1838 

Ferris,  Mrs.  Eachael 

I  Dec. 

26, 

1838 

/May 

26, 

1841 

Frink,  Sarah 

(  b  Jan. 
i     Aug. 

29, 
23, 

1839 
1843 

July 
Nov. 

26, 

1843 
1855 

Flemming,  Jane 

b  Jan. 

30, 

1839 

Fountain,  Louisa 

b  Jan. 

30, 

1839 

I  Feb. 

22, 

1843 

Frost,  Mrs.  Esther 

5  Feb. 

27, 

1839 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Frost,  Thomas 

^Feb. 

27, 

1839 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Fordham,  Cassandra 

b  April 

2, 

1839 

Fordham,  Angelina 

b  April 

2, 

1839 

Fisk,  WiUard  A. 

^  July 

24, 

1839 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Fisk,  Mrs.  Jane 

^July 

24, 

1839 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Fisk,  Jeanette  C. 

3  July 

31, 

1839 

I  June 

24, 

1840 

Fish,  Mrs.  Achsah 

^Dec. 

25, 

1839 

I 

Finch,  Eliza 

ZMar. 

25, 

1840 

July 

26, 

1843 

Fish,  Julia  Ann  G. 

^Mar. 

30, 

1840 

Z  July 

29 

1840 

Foster,  Mrs.  Phebe 

b  April 

1, 

1840 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Fanning,  Thomas 

5  July 

22, 

,  1840 

/Feb. 

24, 

1847 

Fowler,  Joseph 

I  July 

22, 

,  1840 

I  April 

23, 

1851 

Fowler,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

?  July 

22, 

1840 

I  April 

23, 

1851 

Ferris,  Matilda 

5  Mar. 

31, 

.  1841 

June 

14, 

1855 

Fanning,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  J 

,     b  Dec. 

22, 

1841 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Ferris,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane 

15 

20, 

1844 

I  June 
ZNor, 

23, 
20, 

1841 
1844 

172 


HISTOEY    OF   THE 


Follet,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 
Farrhigton,  Eliza  Jane 

^Mar. 

23, 

1842 

I  June 
Nov. 

25, 
25, 

1845 
184'7 

Floor,  William  D. 

iMar. 

30, 

1842 

ZFeb. 

24, 

1847 

Floor,  Mrs.  Hester 

b  Mar. 

30, 

1842 

/Feb. 

24, 

1847 

Farrington,  Ann  Maria 
Fountain,  Mrs.  Ann 
Fanning,  Abraham  M. 

3  May 
i  July 
I  Jan. 

25, 

22, 
25, 

1842 
1842 
1843 

Nov. 
I 
I  Jan. 

25, 

27, 

1847 
1847 

Fourett,  Mrs.  Mary 

j  I  Jan. 
\     Feb. 

25, 
24, 

1843 
1858 

Mar. 
ZFeb. 

26, 
24, 

1856 
1858 

Fanshaw,  Mrs.  Mary 
Fenn,  William  P. 

3  Feb. 
5  Feb. 

1, 
22, 

1843 
1843 

ZFeb. 
Jan. 

24, 
23, 

1847 
1850 

Field,  WiUiam  H. 

iMar. 

1, 

1843 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Field,  Mrs.  Abby  B. 

iMar. 

1, 

1843 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Field,  Sarah 

b  Jan. 

31, 

1844 

Z  Jan. 

21, 

1852 

Fuller,  Amanda 

e  Jan. 

28, 

1844 

Z  April 

23, 

1851 

Fountain,  Anthony 
Ferguson,  Mrs.  Mary 
Fox,  Mrs.  Susan 
Ferguson,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Frank,  Mrs.  Margaret 
Folson,  Mrs.  Sarah  C. 

ZMay 

b  Jan. 

I 

e  July 

b  Jan. 

iMar. 

28, 

27, 

30, 

25, 

2, 

1845 
1846 

1847 
1843 
1848 

•  Aug. 
ZDec. 

Sept. 
fZMar. 
ZMar. 

Aug. 

18, 
23, 
26, 
10, 
30, 
18, 

1852 
1846 
1855 
1849 
1853 
1852 

Ferguson,  Michael 

iMar. 

27, 

1849 

July 

24, 

1850 

Frost,  Miles 

5  Mar. 

3, 

1850 

Sept. 

26, 

1855 

Frost,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

iMar. 

3, 

1850 

Oct. 

24, 

1855 

Ferguson,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
French,  Mary  Ann 
French,  Jacob 

I  Mar. 
^May 
b  Mar. 

3, 
24, 
29, 

1850 
1850 
1850 

cZMar. 

ZFeb. 

Aug. 

25, 
18, 

1859 
1853 
1852 

Fisher,  Mrs.  Maria 

b  June 

28, 

1833 

Flock,  Martha 

b  Dec. 

26, 

1856 

Fisher,  Thomas  C. 
Fisher,  Mrs.  Renelche 

I  Feb. 
^Feb. 

20, 
20, 

1857 
1857 

(Z  June 

1^, 

1858 

Frisbie,  Mrs.  Mary  G. 

I  June 

5, 

1857 

Ferguson,  Archibald  H. 

b  Oct. 

23. 

1857 

Frisbie,  Charles  H. 
Froboese,  Charles  L. 

ZFeb. 
5  Jan. 

5. 
29, 

1858 
1858 

STANTOIT   STEEET   BAPTIST   CHUECH. 


173 


Firth,  James 
Firth,  Joseph 
Flandreau,  Mrs.  Eliza 
Fink,  Mrs.  Henrietta  H. 
French,  Benjamin  F. 
Florentine,  Julia 


Gibbs  John  W. 

Gilmore,  Rebecca 
Gilmore,  Mary 
Gilmore,  Joseph  W. 
Gibbs,  Mrs.  Eliza 
Goodwin,  Thomas 
Goodwin,  Mrs.  Eliza 
Gilmore,  John  W. 
Glover,  Miss 
Gilmore,  Mrs.  Eliza 
Gwinn,  Frances 
Gilmore,  Mrs.  Mary 
Gray,  John,  jr. 
Gray,  Mrs.  Ann 
Garrison,  Martha 
Griswold,  Sylvia  Ann 
Gardner,  Delia 
Gender,  Mrs.  Mary 

Gilbert,  Mrs.  Hannah  Jane 

Gillett,  Matthew  M. 

Gidney,  Mrs.  Sarah  Anne 

Graham,  Matilda 
Griffiths,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Gorden,  Mrs.  Harriet 


h  Feb.    24,  1858 

;Nov. 

24, 

1858 

h  Feb.    24,  1S58 

h  Mar.    25,  1858 

b  Mar.    25,  1858 

h  Sept.  24,  1858 

I  April  29,  1859 

/  Oct.     26,  1823 

ZDec. 

31, 

1826 

1     July    29,  1829 

May 

19, 

1830 

July      6,  1831 

?Feb. 

22, 

1832 

h  July      6,  1825 

ZOct. 

21, 

1840 

h  lYar.      2,  1827 

ZMay 

24, 

1833 

h  June  28,  1827 

Feb. 

28, 

1838 

I  July    29,  1829 

ZFeb. 

22, 

1832 

h  Sept.     2,  1829 

h  Sept.     2,  1829 

h  Dec.      2,  1829 

Z  Jan. 

25, 

1832 

h  Mar.    23,  1831 

/  April  29,  1831 

c?Aug. 

25, 

1835 

h  Feb.    22,  1832 

/  Mar.    26,  1834 

cZMay- 

20, 

1838 

I  Sept.  24,  1834 

ZFeb. 

22, 

1837 

I  Sept.   24,  1834 

ZFeb. 

22, 

1837 

h  Jan.    21,  1835 

I  July    22,  1835 

h  Aug.    25,  1835 

b  May    28,  1834 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

[  b  Mar.    26,  1834 

Aug. 

25, 

1841 

[     Nov.   25,  1841 

ZDec. 

22, 

1841 

h  May    25,  1836 

I  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

h  June  22,  1836 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

e  May      5,1854 

ZOct. 

22 

1856 

h  Mar.    29,  1837 

I  Jan. 

sv'. 

1841 

b  June  28,  1837 

d  April  30, 

,  1839 

b  Jan.    24,  1838 

c?  Jan. 

31, 

1841 

174 


HISTOEY  OF  THE 


Gamble,  Alexander 

(  b  Jan. 
\  I  Xov. 

24,  1838 
27,  1846 

I  Nov. 
I  April 

14,  1845 
30,  1847 

Gautier,  BeDJamin  F.  J. 

b  Jan. 

24,  1838 

;  July 

23,  1851 

Garnsey,  Erasmus  D. 

b  Jan. 

24,  1838 

ZFeb. 

23,  1842 

Ginn,  Mrs.  Ann 

b  Jan. 

24,  1838 

ZFeb. 

3,  1841 

Gregory,  Susan  B. 

Z  Jan. 

31,  1838 

ZAug. 

25,  1841 

Green,  Maria  Louisa 

^Feb. 

21,  1838 

Z  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Garner,  Douglass  G. 

(  h  July 
Dec. 

25,  1838 
22,  1842 

Aug. 
Z  Jan. 

25,  1841 
25,  1843 

Garnsey,  Mrs.  Anna 

ZDec. 

31,  1838 

Green,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

I  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Green,  Susan  E. 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

I  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Griffiths,  Joseph 

5  Jan. 

29,  1839 

d  Jan. 

29,  1845 

Graham,  Mrs.  Matilda 

h  Feb. 

20,  1839 

ZMar. 

9,  1840 

Green,  Joseph 

iFeb. 

21,  1839 

ZMar. 

24,  1841 

Green,  Sutton 

6  May 

1,  1839 

Griffiths,  Joseph 

^May 

29,  1839 

cfFeb. 

13,  1845 

Garnsey,  Mrs.  Sarah  Elizabeth  b  July 

31,  1839 

Feb. 

23,  1842 

Geary,  Kichard 

6  Feb. 

e  May 

19,  1840 
3,  1854 

ZFeb. 

3,  1841 

Geary,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann 

.   6  Feb. 
e  May 

19,  1840 
3,  1854 

I  Feb. 

3,  1841 

Gantz,  Mary 

6  Feb. 

26,  1840 

I  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Goldsmith,  Joseph 

I  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Goldsmith,  Mrs,  Sarah 

e  April 

3,  1840 

I  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Goldsmith,  Isaac 

h  April 

1,  1840 

I  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Goodwin,  Mrs.  Rosalia 

I  Xov. 

5,  1841 

ZDec. 

— ,  1856 

Green,  Mrs.  Mary 

I  Feb! 

27,  1846 

Griffin,  Mrs.  Sarah 

I  Nov. 

26,  1845 

Green,  Emily  A. 

j  h  Jan. 
(    Mar. 

26,  1842 
3,  1850 

Mar. 
ZAug. 

16,  1843 
18,  1852 

Griggs,  Mrs.  Charlotte  H. 

j  h  Feb. 
1  I  Mar. 

22,  1842 
3,  1850 

I  Jan. 
I  April 

27,  1847 
23,  1856 

Garnsey,  John  C. 

6  Feb. 

17,  1842 

I  Nov. 

24,  1852 

Gamble,  Mary 

Z/Feb. 

17,  1842 

Jan. 

22,  1845 

STAKTON   STEEET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  175 


Graves,  John  C.  b  Mar.  30,  1842  I  Jan.    27,  1847 

Gray,  Samuel  A.  .  I  April  20,  1842 

Green,  John  A.  b  Feb.  1,  1843 

Gautier,  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  b  Feb.  22,  1843  Dec.    29,  1846 

Gervin,  Mrs.  Margaret  M.       b  Mar.  29,  1843  I  Sept.   25,  1844 

Gregory,  Mrs.  JuUa  A.  ]  ^  ^^^^  ^9,  18^3  Z  Oct.     27,1847 

°    ' '  U  May  26,  1848  I  June   23,  1852 

Gervin,  Isaac  b  Mar.  31,  1843  I  Sept.   25,  1844 

Gervin,  Sarah  A.  b  April  20,  1843  I  Jan.    27,  1847 

Green,  Mrs.  Mary  b  May  31,  1843 

Graves,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  b  Feb.  14,  1844  I  Jan.    27,  1847 

Gilpatricli:,  AYilliam  b  June  15,  1844  I  Sept.   25,  1844 

Gray,  Isabella  b  July  3,  1844  Sept.   29,  1858 

Griffin,  Edwin  b  Mar.  28,  1845  I  Aug.    27,  1851 

Gardner,  Mrs.  Frances  L.        b  Mar.  2,  1842  I  Jan.     27,  1847 

Gamble,  Mrs.  Urietta  I  April  30,  1847 

Gregory,  Lucy  Ann  6  Feb.  27,1846  (fNov.     5,1855 

Garnsey,  John  I  Sept.  26,  1846  I  Sept.   21,  1853 

Gardner,  Mrs.  Fanny  e  Feb.  26,  1847  I  Dec.    27,  1848 

Green,  Mrs.  Susan  A.  b  Feb.  26,  1847 

Gelson,  Mary  Jane  b  Feb.  2,  1848 

Gibson,  Isabella  b  Feb.  4,  1848  Mar.    26,  1856 

Green,  Rachel  Ann  6  Mar.  1,1848  c?  Mar.   —   1851 

Gray,  John  N.  i  April  28,  1848  Z  Feb.    —   1S50 

Griffin,  Mrs.  Hannah  b  April  28,  1848 

^     ^     ,,      cj     1  •  S^  Mar.  1,  1848  I  Aug.   27,  1851 

Gantz,  Mrs.  Sophia  ■{  '  a        ■> 

i  cf  Jan.      2,  1855 

Gardner,  Mrs.  Ann  I  June    26.  1860 

Garnsey,  Mrs.  Louisa  I  April  3,  1844  I  Nov.    24,  1852 

Granger,  William  H.  b  Mar.  3,  1850  I  Aug.   18,  1852 

Granger,  Mrs.  Mary  b  Mar.  3,  1850  Aug.    18,  1852 

Griffith,  Catharine  6  Mar.  26,  1850 

Grady,  Eliza  b  Mar.  26,  1850 

Ganong,  Chauncey  B.  I  Aug.  30,  1850  I  April  27,  1853 

Grout,  Paul  b  Jan.  29,  1851 


176 


HISTOET   OF   THE 


Greasley,  Mrs.  Mary 

e  Jan.      2,  1852 

I  Sept. 

22, 

1858 

Grout,  Thomas  J. 

b  Mar.   24,  1852 

Garnsey,  Mrs.  Catharine 

h  Feb.    20,  1839 

Geary,  Harriet 

b  May    31,  1854 

Grout,  Edward 

b  Mar    23,  1853 

Grandy,  William 

I  Sept.   21,  1854 

ZFeb. 

24, 

1856 

Grandy,  Mrs.  Gertrude 

I  Sept.   21,  1854 

ZFeb. 

24, 

1856 

Gallup,  Mrs.  Sarah 

/  Nov.    22,  1854 

Gallup,  Mrs.  Ellen 

I  Nov.    22,  1854 

Gallup,  Daniel 

6  Feb.    21,  1855 

Gray,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Ann 

e  Mar.    20,  1855 

I 

Groom,  Martha 

I  Feb.    20,  1857 

Grout,  Mrs.  Hannah  Elizabeth  I  Feb.    2Y,  1857 

Gallup,  Leonard  H. 

h  April    8,  1857 

Geer,  Mrs.  Rachael 

e  April  23,  1857 

Gasque,  Mrs.  Amanda 

b  April  23,  1857 

Grobow,  Sarah  E. 

b  Jan.    29,  1858 

Gibbons,  George  S. 

b  Feb.    24,  1858 

Gillespie,  Mrs.  Isabella 

b  April  23,  1857 

Grime,  Henry 

b  May    26,  1858 

Gessing,  Mrs.  Gertrude  A. 

/  July    30,  1858 

/May 

6, 

1859 

Grime,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

b  Sept.  24,  1858 

Gove,  Mrs.  Celia  A. 

e  May       3,  1854 

Grady,  Mrs.  EUza 

b  Mar.    26,  1850 

Germond,  Mrs.  Pamela 

(  b  Mar.      1,  1839 
(  I  Feb.    28,  1851 

/  Jan. 
ZMar. 

27, 
11, 

1841 
1859 

Gordon,  Mrs.  Adeline 

June 

24, 

1841 

Hazlet,  John 

j  I  Sept.   23,  1823 
^ZMay     12,1830 

I  Nov. 
Jan. 

4, 

28, 

1828 
1830 

Hyde,  Stephen 

I  Sept.   23,  1823 

I  Jan. 

2, 

1828 

Hyde,  Catharine 

I  Sept.  23,  1823 

ZFeb. 

27, 

1828 

Hazlet,  Mrs.  Zilpah 

/  Sept.   23,  1823 

I  Nov. 

4, 

1828 

Hazlet,  Mrs.  Jane 

I  Sept.   23,  1823 

/July 

21, 

1841 

Hulse,  Ann 

b  Nov.     9,  1823 

Jan. 

26, 

1830 

Hubbell,  Daniel 

b  Mar.    30,  1827 

/Oct. 

27, 

1830 

STANTON   STKEET   BAPTIST   CHUHCH.  177 

Hankins,  William  H.             j  5  April  24,  1827  Z  Oct.     27,1830 

(  I   Oct.    26,  1831  Sept.   23,  1835 

Hankins,  Mrs.  Margaret       j  ^  ^^^^    1^' ^^27  ^  Oct.     27,1830 

\  I  Oct.     26,  1831 

Hewlett,  Mrs.  Hannah             h  Oct.    2o,  1827  Sept.  23,  1835 

Haskins,  Miss                            I  Nov.    28,  1827  I  May    18,  1831 

Hewlett,  Heman                       b  April     2,  1828  Aug.   25,  1841 

Heath,  Miss  Charlotte              h  April     2,  1828  I  Dec.    23,  1846 

Howe,  Mrs.  Sarah  E.  ]  ^  ^P^^^    ^' ^^-^ 

(  c?  June  15,  1859 

Hall,  William  I  June  23,  1829 

Henry,  Rufus                         ^  ^^^-       ^'^^29  ^  Oct.     26,1831 

UFeb.    22,1832  Feb.    22,1832 

Henry,  Mrs.                               e  Oct.    23,  1829  I  Oct.     26,  1831 

Hickock,  Mrs.  Kachel               6  Oct.    26,1831  J  Mar.   26,1836 
Howell,  Mrs.  Elizabeth             /  Mar.    23,  1832 

Howe,  John                               6  April  23,  1832  Feb. 
Hopkins,  Mrs.  Maria                 I  June   20,  1832 

Howard,  Elias                           b  Sept.  26,  1832  I  Jan. 

Hawes,  Miss  Eleanor               I  Dec.    26,  1832  I  Oct. 

Howell,  Eliza                             6  Xor.   29,1833  ?  Jan. 

Hammond,  Mrs.  Tirzah            I  Jan.    24,  1834  I  Jan. 

Harris,  Silas                              I  Feb.    21,  1834  I  Feb. 

Harris,  Mrs.  Hester  Ann         I  Feb.    21,  1834  d  May 

Hyde,  Mrs.  Sarah                      b  May    21,  1834  I  Jan. 

Hull,  Mrs.  Maria                       I  Sept.    24,  1834  I  Jan. 

Hughes,  Sister  Elizabeth  I  Dec. 
Hoyt,  Mrs.  Clarissa                   I  Dec.    24,  1834 

Hart,  Mrs.  Julia  Ann             \^  ^^''    ^5,  1834  I  Jan.     27,  1847 

WMar.      3,1848 

Hull,  Josiah                               I  Jan.    27,  1836  I  Jan.    27,  1841 

Horton,  Mrs.  Maria                  6  Feb'.    24,1836  ^  July    21,1841 

Higgins,  Ann  Eliza                   h  April  27,  1836  I  Jan.     27,  1841 

Hinman,  Mrs.                            b  May,   25,  1836  I  Aug.   25,  1841 
Hyde,  Mary  Ann                       6  May    25,1836 


22, 

1852 

23, 

1833 

25, 

1833 

27, 

1836 

27, 

1841 

8, 

1841 

29, 

1839 

27, 

1841 

27, 

1841 

24, 

1834 

178 


HISTOEY   OF  THE 


Hyde,  Thomas 
Healy,  Mrs.  Catharine 
Hammond,  James 
Hendrickson,  George  F. 
Hull,  John 
Hyatt,  Piatt 
Hatfield,  Eliza 
Hyde,  Mrs.  Maria 
Husted,  Julia  Ann 
Hyatt,  Mrs.  Kezia 
Hammond,  Mrs.  Emeline 
Husted,  Mrs.  Harriet  Jean 
Husted,  Morris 
Husted,  Mrs.  Lucinda 
Hyatt,  Sarah 
Hurlbut,  Mary 

Higgins,  John  0. 

Higgins,  Mrs.  Susan  A. 
Hunt,  Mrs.  Jane 
Harvey,  Mrs.  Mary 
Horton,  Mrs.  Ann  Elizabeth 
Horton,  Mrs.  Mary 
Hocker,  Elizabeth 

Hart,  Hethcote  N. 

Hopkinson,  Sarah 

Hammond,  Henry  D. 
Hammond,  Mrs,  Eliza 
Harrison,  Mrs.  Henrietta 
Hogan,  Mrs.  Eliza  Jane 
Harring,  Mrs.  Mary 
Hoyt,  Mrs.  Clara 


h  Sept. 

21, 

1836 

ZJan. 

27, 

1841 

b  Oct. 

26, 

1836 

c/Mar. 

5, 

1838 

6  Feb. 

15, 

1837 

/  April 

3, 

1844 

6  Feb. 

22, 

1837 

/Mar. 

31, 

1841 

6  Feb. 

22, 

1837 

/Feb. 

3, 

1841 

6  Feb. 

22, 

1837 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

6  Mar. 

1, 

1837 

6  Mar. 

3, 

1837 

/Feb. 

3, 

1841 

6  Mar. 

3, 

1837 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

ZMay 

29, 

1837 

/Jan. 

27, 

1841 

b  June 

21, 

1837 

/  April 

3, 

1844 

6  July 

26, 

1837 

/May 

— 

1839 

b  Aug. 

2, 

1837 

/Dec. 

23, 

1846 

b  Aug. 

2, 

1837 

/Dec. 

23, 

1846 

6  Nov. 

1. 

1837 

/Jan. 

27, 

1841 

/  Nov. 

1, 

1837 

b  Dec. 

27, 

1837 

/  June 

23, 

1841 

I  Sept. 

10, 

1847 

/Dec. 

26, 

1851 

/Dec. 

27, 

1837 

/  June 

23, 

1841 

b  Jan. 

24, 

1838 

/Jan. 

27, 

1841 

b  Jan. 

31, 

1838 

/Nov. 

21, 

1838 

b  Jan. 

81, 

1838 

Jan. 

10, 

1856 

/July 

21, 

1841 

6  Feb. 

21, 

1838 

/  Sept. 

21, 

1842 

6  Feb. 

21, 

1838 

/Jan. 

27, 

1847 

/Mar. 

3, 

1848 

</Dec. 

2, 

1851 

b  Jan. 

29, 

1889 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

e  May 

5, 

1854 

b  Jan, 

80, 

1839 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

6  May 

25, 

1836 

/Jan. 

27, 

1841 

e  Aug. 

3, 

1836 

/  Aug. 

1.5, 

1849 

b  April 

20, 

1836 

July. 

22, 

1847 

b  June 

24, 

1885 

/  Sept. 

23, 

1846 

/Feb. 

21, 

1841 

STAKTON   STEEET   BAPTIST   CHIIECH.  179 


Houghton,  Mrs.  Hannah 

f  I  April  20, 
\     July    25, 

1836 
1838 

Feb. 
ZOct. 

28, 
26, 

1838 

1842 

Hendrickson,  Mrs.  Rachel 

b  June  24, 

1838 

ZMay 

26, 

1841 

Hall,  Mrs.  Catharine  E. 

b  Feb.    20, 

1839 

Hendlen,  Mrs.  Emeline 

(  b  Feb.    20, 
\  I  Mar.      3, 

1839 
1850 

I  Sept. 
ZAug. 

20, 

27, 

1848 
1851 

Hammond,  Barzillai 

5  Feb.    20, 

1839 

ZDec. 

24, 

1845 

Haight,  Mrs.  Catharine 

6  Feb.    20, 

1839 

Hammond,  Isaac  V. 

6  Feb.    21, 

1839 

ZMay 

24, 

1843 

Hammond,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  Feb.   21, 

1839 

ZDec. 

24, 

1845 

Hyde,  Mrs.  Catharine 

UMar.   2Y, 
(  I  Nov.  25, 

1839 
1840 

/Dec. 
Z  Jan. 

25, 

27, 

1839 
1841 

Hamilton,  Hester  J. 

6  Mar.    27, 

1839 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Hodges,  Mrs.  Loammi 

b  May    31, 

1839 

Holman,  Thomas 

6  Nov.  20, 

1839 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Hammond,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  Feb.    19, 

1840 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Humphrey,  Susan 

6  Feb.    19, 

1840 

Z  Jan. 

2V, 

1841 

Higgins,  John  J. 

6  Feb.    26, 

1840 

I  June 

23, 

1841 

Hilleker,  Mrs.  Eliza 

b  Feb.    26, 

1840 

Z  June 

23, 

1841 

Hardenbrook,  Mrs.  Margaret  h  Feb.    26, 

1840 

J  Feb. 

23, 

1842 

Houston,  Catharine 

6  Feb.    26, 

1840 

Z  June 

23, 

1841 

Hyde,  Thomas 

6  Mar.    30, 

1840 

ZFeb. 

3, 

1841 

Hawley,  Mrs.  Rebecca 

b  April    1, 
e  May      3, 

1840 
1854 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Hawley,  John 

b  April    1, 

1840 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Hyde,  Maria 

b  April  22, 

1840 

Hutchings,  William  M. 

b  April  22, 

1840 

ZMar. 

31, 

1841 

Haight,  Alvab  B. 

6  Nov.   25, 

,  1840 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

,  1841 

Hitchcock,  Saml.  C. 

6  Mar.    31, 

1841 

Z  July 

26, 

1843 

Howland,  Mrs.  Ellen 

b  Feb.    15, 

,  1837 

i  Mar. 

24, 

,  1841 

Hemingway,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 

b  Mar.   3L 
April    3 

,  1841 

,  1857 

Aug. 
Z  Sept. 

18, 
21, 

,  1852 
,  1857 

Howard,  Mrs.  Eliza 

b  April  10 

,  1827 

Z  July 

22, 

,  1856 

Hankins,  Mrs.  Margaret 

6  May    17, 

,  1827 

Mar. 

26, 

,  1856 

Hay,  Mrs.  Laura  L. 

ZMar. 

16, 

,  1843 

180  HISTORY    OF   THE 

Hanson,  Mary 
Hurley,  Martha 
Halsey,  George  W. 
Hawkins,  Ira 
Haskill,  Barnabas 
HaskiU,  ilrs.  A. 
Hammond,  Mary  Ann 

Hendlen,  Thomas  T. 

Halstead,  Polly 
Horton,  Mrs.  Martha 
Harring,  David 
Hagel,  Henry 

Hottou,  Mrs.  Jane 

Hitchcock,  Mrs.  Maria  D. 
Hill,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Hill,  Josephine 
Hatfield,  Mrs,  Phebe  Jane 

Hatch,  John 

Husted,  Emma  Elizabeth 

Hatch,  Sarah  A. 

Husted,  Samuel  M.                   I  Feb.  26,  1845    I  Dec.    23,  1846 

5  h  Mar.  1,  1839    I  Jan.    27,  1841 

izFeb.  26,1845    Z  Dec.    23,1846 

Hibbard,  William  H.                 6  Jan.  27,1846    /Jan.    26,1848 

Hibbard,  Mrs.  Louisa  C.          h  Jan.  27,  1846    Z  Jan.    26,  1848 

Harvey,  Caleb  C                         h  Jan.  27,  1846       Mar.    21,  1849 

Hammell,  Mrs.  Amelia             h  Jan.  27,  1846       Aug.    18,  1852 

Hopkins,  Harrison                    b  Feb.  27,  1846 

Hopkins,  Mrs.  Jane                  h  Feb.  27,  184G 

Hungerford,  Mrs.  Hannah  D.  I  Jan.     27,  1847 

Hollingsworth,  Mrs.  Harriet    h  Jan.  29,  1847 

Henrv.  Mr,«.  ^'    '  ^-^^7       Aug.    18,  1852 


b  Jan. 

14, 

1842 

/Feb. 

24, 

1847 

b  Jan. 

26, 

1842 

Jan. 

22, 

1845 

6  Feb. 

2, 

1842 

j;  Jan. 

24, 

1855 

6  Mar. 

2, 

1842 

ZMar. 

23, 

1842 

/  Nov. 

22, 

1843 

ZMar. 

23, 

1842 

/  Nov. 

22, 

1843 

I  June 

29, 

1842 

/May 

24, 

1843 

(  b  Sept. 
(  I  Mar. 

21, 

,  1842 

/  Sept. 

20, 

1848 

3, 

1850 

/Aug. 

27, 

1851 

I  Sept. 

21, 

1842 

/July 

5, 

1844 

6  Feb. 

1, 

1843 

/Dec. 

23, 

1846 

6  Feb. 

1, 

1843 

6  Feb. 

24, 

1843 

/Oct. 

23, 

1850 

\  I  Oct. 

/Feb. 

23, 

1842 

25, 

1843 

</Nov. 

29, 

1844 

I  Xov. 

29, 

1843 

d  April 

[23, 

1845 

5  Feb. 

16, 

1844 

b  April 

5, 

1844 

April 

23, 

1856 

/Dec. 

22, 

1842 

/Mar. 

26, 

1845 

/Oct. 
(  /  July 

22 

1844 

/Aug. 

27, 

1845 

3L 

,  1846 

/Dec. 

22, 

1847 

b  Jan. 

29; 

,  1845 

/Oct. 

24, 

1849 

6  Feb. 

19, 

1845 

Nov. 

24, 

1852 

Haines,  Mrs.  Mary  Esther 


STANTON    STEEET   BAPTIST   CHUECH. 


ISl 


Hurd,  Mrs.  Maria 

h  Jan. 

29, 

184^ 

May 

28, 

1857 

Hancox,  Eichard 

?Nov. 

3, 

184Y 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Huff,  Catharine 

h  Nov. 

26, 

1847 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Howe,  Mrs.  Lydia 

6  Dec. 

3, 

184'7 

July 

25, 

1855 

Howe,  William  P. 

6  Dec. 

3, 

1847 

Higgins,  Sarah  P. 

b  Dec. 

29, 

184'7 

Z  Jan. 

26, 

1853 

Harris,  Mary  L. 

6  Feb. 

2, 

1848 

Harris,  Malvina 

6  Feb. 

25, 

1848 

^May 

28, 

1851 

Harris,  Juliet 

6  Feb. 

25, 

1848 

ZOct. 

25, 

1853 

Hoyland,  Mrs.  Ellen 

I  Sept. 

28, 

1842 

ZDec. 

24, 

1851 

Harris,  William  B. 

ZNov. 

22, 

1848 

ZJan. 

26, 

1850 

Holledge,  Mrs.  Rebecca 

ZFeb. 

23, 

1849 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Hard,  Norman  G. 

6  Mar. 

23, 

1849 

I 

Hard,  Mrs.  Lydia 

ZMar. 

2Y, 

1849 

I 

Harmon,  Mrs.  Harriet  S. 

b  April  2Y, 

1849 

ZMay 

9, 

1855 

Higgenbotham,  Elizabeth  E.   b  Mar. 

3, 

1850 

I  April 

23, 

1852 

Hopkins,  Mrs.  Caroline  J. 

b  Mar. 

26, 

1850 

Hurley,  John 

b  May 

3, 

1850 

Dec. 

21, 

1853 

Henderson,  Mrs.  Susanna 

6  May 

24, 

1850 

Hamilton,  Mrs.  Hannah 

h  Jan. 

29, 

,  1851 

Hudson,  Samuel 

I  Jan. 
June 

29, 
25, 

1851 
1856 

Mar. 
I  June 

26, 
25, 

1856 
1856 

Hudson,  Caroline 

I  Jan.    29, 
June  25, 

1851 
1856 

Mar. 
I  June 

26, 
25, 

1856 
1866 

Hart,  Sarah  J. 

b  April    2, 

1851 

May 

28, 

185Y 

Healy,  Caroline  W. 

6  Feb. 

28, 

1851 

I  Mar. 

24, 

1852 

Hilts,  Mrs.  Catharine 

b  July 

30, 

1851 

ZMay 

23, 

1855 

Hart,  Mrs.  Julia  Ann 

I  March  3, 

1848 

Hilts,  WiUiam 

e  April  23, 

1852 

ZMay 

23, 

1855 

Harris,  Mrs.  Eliza 

b  Feb. 

23, 

1842 

Hobbey,  Mrs.  Susan 

6  Mar. 

31, 

1852 

Hiscox,  Rev.  E.  T. 

I  Dec. 

22, 

,  1852 

Hiscox,  Mrs.  Caroline  0. 

^Dec. 

22, 

,  1852 

Hagan,  John 

b  March  6, 

1853 

Harris,  Isaac 

cMay 

3, 

1854 

;  Jan. 

31, 

1865 

182 


HISTOEY    OF   THE 


Harris,  Mrs.  Hannah  N. 

e  May      3, 

1854 

/  Jan. 

31, 

1855 

Harding,  John  T. 

e  May      5, 

1855 

Holmes,  John 

eNov.   22, 

1854 

Holmes,  Eliza 

b  June  27, 

1856 

Head,  Thomas 

e  Oct.      1, 

1856 

Head,  Mrs.  Lydia 

e  Oct.       1, 

1856 

Huiell,  John  V. 

I  Jan.    30, 

1857 

HuieU,  Maria  L. 

I  Jan.    30, 

1857 

/  April 

23, 

1858 

Hamilton,  Mrs.  Emma 

6  Mar.   27, 

1857 

May 

26, 

1858 

Hendrickson,  James  S. 

b  April    8, 

1857 

Hendrickson,  Mrs.  Mary 

b  April    8, 

1857 

Hiliman,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 

b  April  23, 

1857 

Holmes,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 

e  April  23, 

1857 

Haviland,  Mrs.  Martha 

/May    20, 

1853 

/  June 

5, 

1857 

Higgins,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

e  May,    — 

1854 

Hillyer,  Almira 

b  June  26, 

1857 

Head,  Wm.  H. 

/Aug.    26, 

1857 

Hurd,  Mary  E. 

b  Jan.    29, 

1858 

Hunt,  Cynthia 

6  Feb.    24, 

1858 

d  Mar. 

15, 

1859 

Hyer,  Lord  M. 

b  Mar.   25, 

1858 

Hyer,  Mrs.  Margaret  A. 

b  Mar.    25, 

1858 

Hurley,  Mrs.  Ann  R. 

b  April  23, 

1858 

Henrietta,  Mrs.  Maria 

I  April  23, 

1858 

Harrison,  Mrs.  Gustava  A. 

b  June  18, 

1858 

Horton,  Mrs.  Sarah  Jane 

I  June    28, 

1854 

Hawkins,  EHzabeth 

b  Jan.    28, 

1859 

/  Nov. 

30, 

1859 

Huiell,  Mrs,  Lucy  J. 

b  Jan.    28, 

1859 

Halsted,  Edwin  0. 

6  Mar.   25, 

1859 

Horton,  Cornelia 

I  Xov.      4, 

1859 

Isinghart,  Emma 

b  May    18, 

1831 

/Mar. 

2-i, 

1841 

lethier,  Mrs.  Charity 

I  Aug.   23, 

1833 

/Oct. 

21, 

1835 

Insley,  Mrs.  Ann 

6  Mar.    31, 

1841 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Ingraham,  Lorenzo 

/May    22, 

1839 

/July 

21, 

1841 

Ideson,  Wm.  B. 

b  June     9, 

1852 

Oct. 

22, 

1856 

STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHURCH.  183 

Ivans,  Mrs,  Eliza  b  Mar.   25,  1859 

Johnson,  Charlotte  b  Feb.    22,  1832 

Jimmerson,  Nehemiah  S.  b  Sept,  26,  1832  I  Jan.    2Y,  1841 

James,  William  S.  b  June  25,  1834  Aug.   25,  1841 

James,  Mrs,  Louisa  b  June  25,  1834  J  Aug.  16,  1838 

Johnson,  Sarah  M,  b  Aug.  27,  1834  July    26,  1837 

Jordan,  Mrs.  Sarah  b  Sept.  24,  1834  Z  Feb.      3,  1841 

Jones,  Margaret  I  Jan.    28,  1835 

Johnson,  WiUiam  b  April  22,  1835  I  Aug.   25,  1841 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Adeline  I  Aug.    25,  1841 

Jenkins,  Daniel  I  Dec.    30,  1835  Sept.  22,  1847 

Jenkins,  Mrs.  Eliza  I  Dec.    30,  1835  Aug.   18,  18521 

b  Jan.    31,  1838  I  Jan.    27,  1841 

Judd,  Mrs.  EHzabeth  J  I  Sept.  28,  1842  I  Nov.    §6,  1846 

( I  Nov.    26,  1847  I 

Jimmerson,  Robert  J.  P^^^'    ^1' ^^^e  Z  Jan.    27,1841 

l  I  Nov.    27,  1S46  I  Dec.      9,  1857 

Jimmerson,  William  b  Feb.   21,  1838  I  Jan,    27,  1841 

Jones,  Mary  Ellen  6  Feb.    27,1839  Z  Jan.    27,1841 

Jimmerson,  Mrs.  Ellen  b  May    —  1831 

Johnson,  Emily  b  Mar.    30,  1840  Aug.   18,  1852 

Jones,  Louisa  Elizabeth  b  Nov.  25,  1840  I  Jan.    27,  1841 

Jooks,  Mrs.  Evan  b  Mar.   31,  1841  I  Mar.    24,  1817 

Jones,  Mrs.  Abby  Oct.     21,  18  i6 

Jackman,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  d  1839 

Jacobson,  Mrs.  Louisa  b  May    27,  1835  Oct.     21,  1846 

Jones,  John  b  Dec.      1,  1843  I  April  25,  1852 
Jarvis,  Mrs.  Eliza 

Jimmerson,  Mrs.  Miranda  L.  I  Nov.    27,  1846  I  Dec.      9,  1857 

Johnson,  Peter  b  Dec.    24,  1847  I  Oct.     25,  1848 

Jones,  George  W.  b  Mar.     2,  1848  Nov.    24,  1852 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Catharine  b  Mar.    24,  1848  I  Oct.     25,  1848 

Jeffers,  Mrs.  Sarah  b  May    25,  1836  /  Sept.  26,  1849 

Jenner,  Solomon  I  May      1,  1850  Aug.    18,  1853 


184  HISTOEY   OF  THE 


Jalonic,  Mrs.  Margaret 

h  May      2,  1851 

Jacobs,  Mrs.  Catharine  M. 

h  Feb.    25,  1845 

Johnston,  Mrs.  Louisa  E. 

I  Jan.     26,  1853 

Jimmerson,  Mrs.  Eleanor 

e  May       3,  1854 

Jenkins,  Sarah  A. 

e  Sept.  21,  1854 

Josephs,  Samuel 

b  Mar.   20,  1855 

Jeffries,  Mrs.  Sarah 

e  July   25,  1855 

Jackson,  Mrs.  AbigaU 

I  Feb.    20,  1857 

Janse,  Cornelia 

h  Mar.   27,  1857 

Janse,  Joanna 

b  April  17,  1857 

Jackson,  Mrs.  Louisa  S. 

b  Nov.  27,  1857 

Jackson,  Hugh  M. 

b  Oct.    23,  1857 

Aug.  18,  1852 
I  July      3,  1857 

Feb.    20,  1856 


Kennedy,  Ellen  /  Xov.      9,  1823 

Knapp,  William  H.                   b  Nov.  28,  1827  Sept.  26,  1838 

Knapp,  Mrs.  Mary  b  April  25,  1832 

Keeler,  John  M.                     \  ^  ^''-      1'  ^^28  I  Aug.  26,  1831 

(  I  July    28,  1833  Feb.  24,  1836 

Keeler,  Mrs.  Mary                \  '  ^ept.     3,  1828  /  Aug.  26,  1831 

i  I  July   28,  1833  I  Oct.  23,  1839 

Ketcham,  John  S,                     b  June     3,  1835  Mar.  22,  1837 

Krist,  Maria                              b  Mar.    30,  1836  I  Nov.  20,  1839 

Kennv,  Mrs.  Mehetable            6  Feb.    22,1837  ^  Mar.  16,1843 

Keiser,  James                        U  Sept.  21,  1836  May  26,1841 

(     Mar.     2,  1842  Dec.  25,  1844 

KeUy,  Mrs.  Mary                       b  Mar.   25,  1840  I  July  25,  1845 

^.        ,r      ,.     ,,                     U  Mar.   29,  1839  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

King,  Mrs.  Martha                ■{                   '  ' 
(  e  May      5,  1854 

Knight,  Eobert                         Z  Dec.    22,1838  Z  July  21,1841 

b  Jan.  29,  1839  I  Jan.  27,  1841 
e  May      7,  1854 

Knight,  Mrs.  Martha                Z  Feb.    27,1839  Z  July  21,1841 

Knight,  Joshua,                     J  "I^^'      ^' ^'"'"^  '  ^^^  20,1842 

^                                         U  May      5,  1848  I  May  21,  1856 

Kelly,  Elizabeth                        6  Mar.   31,1841  /Feb.  24,1847 


King,  Wm.  0. 


STANTON    STREET   BAPTIST   CHURCH.  185 


Kelly,  Mrs.  Emily 

Kelly,  Eli 

Keiser,  Mrs.  Angeline 

^  Jan. 
6  Feb. 

1, 

17, 

1842 
1842 

I  Feb. 
/Feb. 
/Aug. 

24, 
24, 
21, 

1847 
1847 
1844 

KendaU,  Emily 

6  Feb. 

28, 

1844 

I  Nov. 

25, 

1846 

Keyser,  Henry 
Keyser,  Mrs.  Mary 
Kelly,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Kniffin,  Elizabeth 

5  Feb. 

6  Feb. 
b  Dec. 
h  Jan. 

20, 

20, 

3, 

2, 

1846 
1846 

1847 
18.50 

i  Jan. 
I  Jan. 
/Dec. 

27, 

2'7, 
22, 

1847 
1847 
1858 

Knight,  Mrs.  Caroline 

(  b  Mar. 

80, 

1850 

Mar. 

23, 

1859 

Kishmer,  Mrs.  Susan 
Kranshaw,  Margaret 

h  Nov. 

I  May 

20, 
30, 

1850 
1851 

Aug. 
Nov. 

18, 
4, 

1852 
1857 

Kranshaw,  Mary 
Kirk,  Mrs.  Agnes 

ZMay 
ZFeb. 

30, 
20, 

1851 
185*7 

Nov. 

4, 

,  1857 

Knapp,  Milton 
Kelly,  John  R. 
King,  Mrs.  Eliza 

b  April 
b  April 
b  Jan. 

.    1, 
10, 

21, 

1857 
1857 
1848 

/Dec. 

22, 

1858 

Kavanagh,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Kelly,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Kelly,  George  E. 
Kelly,  Mrs.  Gelina  M. 

b  April 
b  Jan. 
Z  July 
/July 

■    ^t 
28, 

1, 
1, 

1858 
1859 
1859 
1859 

Loomis,  Elijah  B.  b  June  26,  1827     /  June  28,  1854 

Lewis,  Isaac  b  June  26,  1827 

Lewis,  Mrs.  Mary  b  Mar.      2,  1827 

Loomis,  Mrs.  Margaret  b  June  28,  1827     d  Feb.    22,  1849 

Lawrence,  Solomon  b  July    16,  1827       Aug.   25,  1841 

(  b  Feb.    13,  1828     /  July    22,  1847 
Laforge,Mrs.Ann  ]  ^  j^^^     g^  ^g^^ 

Lawrence,  Mrs.  Alice  b  Nov.  28,  1827     d  Apr.   20,  1843 

Lounsberry,  Miss  Sarah  b  Mar.   21,  1832 

Lyon,  Mrs.  b  Mar.    23,  1832 

Ludlam,  David  b  Oct.    24,  1832     /  Sept.   25,  1844 

Ludlam,  Mrs.  Tamar  A.  b  Oct.    26,  1832    /  Sept.  25,  1844 

Lawrence,  Hannah  6  Apr.    26,  1833    /  Jan.    27,  1841 


186 


HISTOKY    OF   THE 


Lyon,  Electra  R. 

I  XOY. 

26,  1834 

I  Apr. 

4,  1839 

Long,  Mrs.  Margaret 

I  Sept. 

23,  1835 

ZDec. 

22,  1858 

Luff,  Mrs.  Phebe  A. 

I  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Lecount,  John 

6  Mar. 

25,  1836 

Lasher,  Jonas 

6  June 

29,  1836 

ZOct. 

21,  1840 

Lyon,  Sally 

I  June 

29,  1836 

d 

Lewis,  Laura 

I  Jan. 

26,  1842 

Lobdell,  Jerome  B. 

f  I  June 
\  I  Mar. 

29,  1836 
23,  1849 

I  Apr. 
ZOct. 

18,  1838 
24,  1849 

Lobdell,  Mrs.  Catharine 

j  I  June 
]  /  Mar. 

29,  1836 
23,  1849 

I  Apr. 
I  Oct. 

18,  1838 
24,  1849 

Lane,  Lewis 

6Eeb. 

22,  183Y 

ZJan. 

27,  1841 

Ludlam,  John  H. 

6  Feb. 

22,  1837 

ZMar. 

24,  1847 

Long,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  Mar. 

22,  1837 

cZMay 

25,  1847 

Lane,  Mrs.  Amelia 

?May 

24,  1837 

Z  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Lasher,  Mrs.  Catharine 

h  Apr. 

25,  1832 

Aug. 

25,  1841 

Laws,  Hester 

ZOct. 

25,  1837 

ZDec. 

22,  1841 

Libbey,  Jane 

b  Jan. 

24,  1838 

Z  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Ludlam,  Mrs.  Xancy 

h  Jan. 

24,  1838 

ZMar. 

24,  1847 

Lane,  AVm. 

I  June 

20,  1838 

Aug. 

25,  1841 

Lawson,  Mrs.  Mila  Ann 

ZDec. 

26,  1838 

ZMay 

22,  1844 

Lane,  Mary  E. 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

ZJan. 

27,  1841 

Leach,  Mrs.  Jane 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

Z  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Losey,  Frances  Elizabeth 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

Losey,  Hannah  D. 

b  Jan. 

30,  1839 

Leach,  Charles 

b  Jan. 

30,  1839 

Z  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Lent,  Mary 

6  Feb. 

21,  1839 

Z 

Lawton,  Ann 

6  Feb. 

21,  1839 

Z  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Lane,  Mrs.  Elvira  Ann 

6  Feb. 

21,  1839 

Z  June 

24,  1846 

Lane,  Maltby  G. 

j  b  Feb. 
■  /Feb. 

21,  1839 
20,  1846 

ZDec. 
Z  June 

20,  1843 
24,  1846 

Lilly,  Mrs.  Eliza 

6  Mar. 

27,  1839 

ZJan. 

27,  1841 

Lilly,  James 

6  Mar. 

27,  1839 

ZJan. 

27,  1841 

Lawton,  Maria 

6  Mar. 

27,  1839 

ZJan. 

27,  1841 

Lamberton,  Eliza 

6  Apr. 

3,  1839 

Aug. 

25j  1841 

STANTON    STEEET   BAPTIST   CHUKCH. 


187 


Lovet,  Eleanor 

I  Feb. 

26, 

1840 

I  Jan. 

2V, 

1841 

Ludlam,  Mary  Ann 

6  Mar. 

25, 

1840 

Aug. 

25, 

1841 

Lewis,  Wm.  J. 

&Apr. 

1, 

1840 

I  June 

25, 

1856 

Lounsberry,  Thomas  J. 

^Dec. 

22, 

1841 

dFeh. 

8, 

1847 

Lounsberry,  Mrs.  Eliza 

IBec. 

22, 

1841 

dAng. 

16, 

1844 

Long,  John 

6  Dec. 

29, 

1841 

Apr. 

25, 

1849 

Ludlam,  David  S. 

b  Jan. 
Apr. 

26, 
2, 

1842 
1851 

Dec. 

ZApr. 

24, 

2, 

1845 
1851 

Lockstand,  James 

J  Feb. 

l*?, 

1842 

Apr. 

23, 

1845 

Lawrence,  Sarah 

6  Feb. 

IV, 

1842 

ZDec. 

23, 

1846 

Lockwood,  Hannah 

6  Feb. 

IV, 

1842 

/July 

26, 

1843 

Lewis,  Mrs,  Maria 

6  Dec. 

28, 

1842 

/Mar. 

24, 

1847 

Lyon,  Abraham  "W. 

6  Feb. 

1, 

1843 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Lyon,  Mrs.  Mary  Elizabeth 

6  Feb. 

1, 

1843 

(^Nov. 

2, 

1845 

Ling,  Mrs.  Ann 

6  Feb. 

22, 

1843 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Lawrence,  Wm.  S. 

6  Mar. 

1, 

1843 

/May 

26, 

1852 

Livingston,  Mrs.  Anna 

iMar. 

1, 

1843 

/  Jan. 

25, 

1854 

Lewis,  Margaret 

6  May 

31, 

1843 

/Dec. 

20, 

1843 

Longstreet,  Barnes  S. 

b  .Sept. 

2^, 

1843 

/Dec. 

23, 

1846 

Lawall,  Samuel 

b  Jan. 

31, 

1844 

/May 

22, 

1844 

Longstreet,  Mrs.  Martha 

b  Feb. 

14, 

1844 

/Dec. 

23, 

1846 

Lewis,  Daniel  A. 

6  Feb. 

14, 

1844 

dAvLg. 

27, 

1845 

Lockstand,  Eobert 

6  Feb. 

28, 

1844 

Loney,  John 

ZJuly 

5, 

1844 

dMay 

1, 

1845 

Lockstand,  Mrs.  Jane 

b  Oct. 

2, 

1844 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Ludington,  Cordeha 

6  Dec. 

25, 

1844 

/Aug. 

24, 

1848 

Lewis,  Augustus  C. 

6  Feb. 

19, 

,  1845 

/Jan. 

27, 

,  1847 

Ludington,  Sophronia 

/Feb. 

14, 

1845 

/July 

2, 

,  1845 

Lockwood,  Henry  S. 

6  Feb. 

26 

,  1845 

Lockwood,  Mary  EHzabeth 

&Feb. 

20, 

,  1846 

/May 

27, 

,  184d 

Lewis,  Mrs.  EHzabeth 

6  Feb. 

IV, 

,  1842 

/  June 

25, 

,  1856 

Lewis,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane 

b  Jan. 

25, 

1843 

/  Jan. 

27, 

.  1847 

Lovet,  Mrs.  Sarah 

b  Jan. 

29: 

,  1847 

Apr. 

23, 

1856 

Lawrence,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane 

6. Sept 

•  21, 

1842 

/May 

26, 

,  1852 

T»aing,  Mrs.  Sarah 

b  Nov. 

26, 

,  1847 

</May 

30, 

.  1848 

15* 

188  HISTORY   OF  THE 


Livingston,  Mrs.  Mary 

I  Dec. 

8,  1847 

I  Nov. 

26, 

,  1851 

Livingston,  Columbus  W. 

I  Jan. 

31,  1848 

ZJan. 

25, 

,  1854 

Leach,  Francis  W. 

6  Feb. 

25,  1848 

July 

23, 

1851 

Lewis,  Curtis 

h  Mar. 

2,  1848 

July 

21, 

1852 

Lewis,  Gilbert  Washington 

6  Mar. 

3,  1848 

(/May 

15, 

1852 

Lee,  Mrs.  Lemma 

b  Nov. 

2,  1849 

Lewis,  Hannah  A. 

b  Jan. 

23,  1850 

Lyster,  Lars  H. 

h  Jan. 

23,  1850 

Jan. 

23, 

,  1856 

Larson,  Lowritz  J. 

6  July 

5,  1850 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Lewis,  Mrs.  Mary  R. 

;  July 

5,  1850 

I  Oct. 

21, 

1857 

Larkin,  Patrick 

h  Sept. 

27,  1850 

Oct. 

26, 

1853 

Looker,  William  E, 

b  Nov. 

20,  1850 

/Jan. 

22, 

1851 

Lyons,  Mrs.  Sarah 

/  Sept. 

6,  1851 

Lyster,  Emeline 

ZMay 

26,  1852 

Mar. 

26, 

1856 

Linde,  Frederick 

b  June 

9,  1852 

Leonard,  George  A. 

b  June 

9,  1852 

Lyster,  Mrs.  Karen  Margaret  b 

—  1852 

/May 

26, 

1858 

Lockwood,  Mrs.  Jane 

Lockwood,  Robert  H. 

b  Apr. 

3,  1853 

Lee,  Jane 

b  Jan. 

30,  1857 

Lent,  Mrs.  Sarah 

^Feb. 

27,  1857 

Luff,  William  H. 

JMar. 

14,  1857 

Laton,  Mrs.  Alice  R. 

ZMar. 

27,  1857 

Lawrence,  Anna  Maria 

6  Apr. 

16,  1857 

Lawrence,  Augusta 

b  Apr. 

16,  1857 

Ladd,  Rev.  James  S. 

ZMay 

1,  1857 

Ladd,  Mrs.  Chloe  Ann 

ZMay 

1,  1857 

Laton,  Phebe  E. 

;  July 

31,  1857 

Luff,  Margaret  L. 

6  Oct. 

23,  1857 

Little,  Ellen 

6  Mar. 

25,  1858 

Lithchild,  Mrs.  Sarah 

6  Feb. 

26,  1847 

c?  Jan. 

27, 

1858 

Lockwood,  Mrs.  Eliza 

b  Apr. 

20,  1853 

McKibber,  Harriet 

6  Mar. 

23,  1827 

/Mar. 

5, 

1828 

Morris,  Mrs.  Jane 

b  Mar. 

2,  1827 

/Aug. 

26, 

1835 

STANTON  STREET  BAPTIST  CHUECH.  1B9 

Morris,  Joseph  6  Mar.  30,  1827  Z  Aug.  26,  1836 

Morris,  Eliza  b  May   31,  1827 

McKibbee,  Caroline  6  June  26,  1827  ^  April  2,1828 

Morton,  Matilda  b  Sept.  28,  1827  May  24,  1833 

Morris,  Mrs.  Cornelia  b  Dec.  22,  1841 

Moore,  Phebe  b  May     1,  1828 

Mead,  Mrs.  EUen,  I  Mar.  27,  1850 

McCaslin,  Ann  5  Dec.      2,1829 

Mead,  Mrs.  Charlotte  b  Mar.  23,  1831  I  Nov.  25,  1846 

McCaslin,  Jane  b  Dec.   23,  1829  May  27,  1835 

Maigne,  Mrs  Cornelia  b  about       1836  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Marvin,  Mrs.  Diadema  6  Mar.  21,1832  Nov.  10,1852 

Milliken,  Mrs.  b  Nov.  23,  1832  Aug.  18,  1852 

Mikels,  William  S.  6  Jan.   31,1834  ^  Sept.  24,  1 845 

Marshall,  Mrs.  Dorothy  b  April  30,  1834  I  June  23,  1841 

Morris,  Mrs.  Eliza  I  June  25,  1834  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Morris,  George  P.  b  July   30,  1834  d  April  30,  1838 

Mitchel,  George  b  Dec.   24,  1834  d  July  20,  1844 

Mitchel,  Mrs.  Susan  /  Dec.    24,  1834  I  Jan.  29,  1845 

McGregor,  Catharine  b  Jan.    21,  1835  • 

Milrose,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  I  Sept.  23,  1835 

Mackay,  Mrs.  Mary  b  Jan.   27,  1827  d  Oct.  17,  1835 

MerriU,  Maria  I  Oct.     21,  1835  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Meeker,  Elizabeth  Ann  b  Dec.   30,  1835  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Martin,  Mrs.  Jane  b  Feb.  -24,  1836  I 

Mead,  Deborah  Ann  b  Mar.  23,  1836  I  Oct.  21,  1840 

Mottoshed,  Mrs.  Sarah  b  Mar.  30,  1836  I  Aug.  23,  1837 

Milrose,  Joseph  b  April  20,  1836  dFeh.  25,  1858 

Miller,  Mrs.  Samantha  I  Dec.    28,  1836  I  Feb.  3,  1841 

Meldrum,  Margaret  b  May    25,  1836  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Meynell,  James  B.  b  Mar.     1,  1837  Jan.  22,  1840 

Mink,  Mrs.  Sarah  Jane  b  April    6,  1834  I  Oct.  25,  1837 

Meynell,  Mrs.  Louisa  6  June  21,  1837  May  27,  1840 

MoGoo,  Mrs.  Eliza  Aug.  18,  1862 

Maigne,  George  B.  b  July  26,  1837^/  Jan.  27,  1841 
16 


190  HISTORY  OF  THE 


Morris,  Mrs.  Susannah 

j  I  Sept. 
\    Nov. 

2,  1837 
22,  1843 

July 
ZNoT. 

26,  104g 
22,  1843 

Martin,  Mrs.  Sarah 

&Nov. 

29,  1837 

/  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Muir,  WiUiam 

j  b  Jan. 
leMay 

24,  1838 
31,  1854 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Mnip,  Mr3.  Harriet 

h  Jan, 

e  May 

24,  1838 
31,  1854 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

McCorraiek,  Phebe 

h  Jan. 

24,  1838 

McFarland,  Margaret 

h  Jan. 

31,  1838 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Marshall,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane 

6  Feb. 

21,  1838 

Manning,  Mra.  Maria 

6  Feb. 

21,  1838 

d  Sept, 

15,  1838 

Morris,  Mary  Jane 

iFeb. 

21,  1838 

July 

26,  1843 

Marshall,  William  C. 

J  Feb. 

21,  1838 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Martin,  Cornelius 

iFeb. 

28,  1838 

Sept. 

24,  1851 

Mead,  Martin 

/May 

23,  1838 

/Feb. 

3,  1841 

Maxwell,  Jeanette 

6  July 

25,  1838 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Measor,  Richard 

WAug. 
\  I  Dec. 

1,  1838 
22,  1842 

/Aug. 
d 

24,  1840 
1843 

Major,  Mrs.  Mary 

*  Aug. 

29,  1838 

/Oct. 

23,  1839 

MarshaU,  EliAbetb 

€  Oct. 

3,  1838 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Morris,  Crawford 

6  Nov. 

21,  1838 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Merritt,  Mrs.  Fanny 

b  Jan. 

27,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Manning,  Hester 

6  Jan. 

29,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Manning,  Emma 

&  Jan. 

29,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Miles,  Mrs.  Hannah 

(  h  Jan. 
\  I  Mar. 

29,  1839 
26,  1847 

/Jan. 
/Mar. 

27,  1841 
25,  1855 

MUes,  Abiel 

<  h  Jan. 
1 1  Mar. 

29,  1839 
26,  1847 

/Jan. 
/Mar. 

27,  1841 
25,  1855 

Morris,  Mrs.  FJiza 

h  Jan. 

29,  1839 

/  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Manning,  Mrs.  Jane 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Milrose,  Ann  Maria 

6  Feb. 

21,  1839 

/June 

26,  1844 

McCartee,  Mrs.  Margaret 

T.  6  Feb. 

27,  1839 

May 

26,  1841 

Morris,  Charles 

6  Feb. 

27,  1839 

/Dec. 

23,  1840 

Martin,  Mrs.  Jane  Aon 

6  Mar. 

27,  1839 

/Aug. 

27,  1851 

McGoo,  John 

6  May 
Feb. 

29,  1839 
22,  1848 

Sept 
Oct. 

29,  1841 
22,  1843 

STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST  CHURCH.  191 


Marshall,  Pliebe 

W  April 
(  I  Jan. 

24,  1839 

25,  1854 

Aug. 
ZJan. 

18,  1852. 
25,  1854. 

Maryot,  EUsha 

I  June 

26,  1839 

Oct. 

24,  1855 

Morris,  Mrs.  Sarah 

6  July 

31,  1839 

July 

26,  1843 

Moorehouse,  Ann  Eliza 

I  Oct. 

23,  1839 

ZJan. 

2Y,  1841 

Middleton,  Mrs.  Sophia 

I  Oct. 

23,  1839 

/June 

25,  1845 

McBride,  Mrs.  EUza 

6  Feb. 

19,  1840 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Moore,  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann 

iFeb. 

26,  1840 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

MorreU,  Mrs.  Phebe 

^Feb, 

26,  1840 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Morrell,  Charles 

6  Feb. 

26,  1840 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

McBride,  EUza 

6  Feb. 

26,  1840 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Mead,  Mrs.  Catharine 

UFeb. 

26,  1840 

/Feb. 
Aug. 

3,  1841 
18,  1852 

Morrow,  Ann 

&Mar. 

80,  1840 

/AprU 

21,  1841 

Muir,  James 

b  April 

1,  1840 

Mar. 

16,  1843 

Muir,  Mrs.  Emeline 

JAprU 

1,  1840 

Mar. 

16,  1843 

Morris,  Mrs.  MatUda 

6  July 

22,  1840 

/Feb. 

23,  1842 

Monroe,  Mrs.  Mary 

/Feb. 

27,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Merrick,  Sarah  Ann 

h  Nov. 

25,  1840 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Moffat,  Mrs.  Jane 

6  Mar. 

30,  1841 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Messmore,  John 

6  Dec. 

22,  1841 

</Dec. 

—  1842 

MarshaU,  Mrs.  Sarah 

b  Dec. 

29,  1841 

/April 

23,  1858 

Messmore,  Mrs.  Mary 

b  Dec. 

29,  1841 

Messmore,  Ann  Eliza 

b  Jan. 

14,  1842 

(/Oct. 

30,  1846 

Merkle,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 

b  Jan. 

26,  1842 

Mikels,  Milton  S. 

6  Mar. 

2,  1842 

/May 

26,  1847 

Messmore,  Julia 

6  Mar. 

2,  1842 

Mead,  James  M. 

(  6  Mar. 
1    Nov. 

30,  1842 
28,  1856 

May 
/  Nov. 

27,  1846 

25,  1857 

Mayo,  John  T. 

b  April  20,  1842 

April 

.  23,  1851 

Moe,  Mrs.  Fanny 

I  Sept. 

21,  1842 

/Jan. 

27,  1847 

Main,  Samuel 

b  Jan. 

25,  1843 

/Jan. 

21,  1852 

Moffat,  Mrs.  Hannah 

b  Jan. 

25,  1843 

Middleton,  John 

6  Jan. 

25,  1843 

/  June 

22,  1845 

Mandeville,  Henry 

6  Feb. 

3,  1843 

July 

21,  1862 

192                                 HISTORY   OF  THE 

McCarley,  Benjamin  J. 

6  Feb. 

3,  1843 

Moe,  Ira 

6  Feb. 

22,  1843 

/Jan. 

27,  1847 

Mead,  Bradley 

§Mar. 

1,  1843 

Dec. 

22,  1852 

Mead,  Jane 

6  Mar. 

1,  1843 

/Mar. 

27,  1850 

MUler,  Edwin  A. 

6  Mar. 

31,  1843 

Oct. 

22,  1845 

MiUer,  Mrs.  Phebe 

ft  Mar. 

31,  1843 

/July 

23,  1851 

MiUard,  Mrs.  Elvira 

6  Mar. 

31,  1843 

/Mar. 

24,  1847 

Mott,  Mrs.  EUzabeth 

b  June  21,  1843 

/Dec. 

23,  1846 

Middleton,  Mrs.  Sarah 

/June 

21,  1843 

Martin,  Caroline 

I  Oct. 

25,  1843 

/Feb. 

14,  1851 

Mapelsden,  Reuben 

I  Nov. 

1,  1843 

/Feb. 

14,  1851 

Mapelsden,  Mrs.  Ann 

ZNov. 

1,  1843 

/Feb. 

14^  1851 

Mangam,  "William  D. 

b  Jan. 

24,  1844 

Mangam,  Mrs.  Sarah  A. 

ft  Jan. 

24,  1844 

rfNov. 

28,  1855 

Minturn,  EUzabeth 

ft  Jan. 

21,  1844 

Mangam,  William  L. 

ft  Feb. 

14,  1844 

</Aug. 

25,  1847 

McMiUan,  Charles 

ft  Feb. 

28,  1844 

June 

23,  1852 

McKay,  Mrs.  Sarah  B. 

/Feb. 

28,  1844 

/Jan. 

27,  1847 

Marsh,  David  H. 

ft  AprU 

3,  1844 

Dec. 

27,  1854 

Mofifat,  William  C. 

6  May 

2,  1844  . 

Oct. 

27,  1847 

Morrow,  Mrs.  Cornelia  A. 

j  ft  Dec, 
(  /  Aug. 

22,  1841 

/May 

26,  1847 

2Y,  1845 

</Mar. 

3,  1846 

Mikels,  Mrs.  EUzabeth 

ft  Dec. 

2,  1842 

/May 

26,  1847 

MarshaU,  Emma 

ft  Mar. 

28,  1845 

Mackay,  John  S. 

ft  AprU 

2,  1845 

/Jan. 

27,  1847 

Mesick,  Jane  Maria 

/May 

28,  1845 

/  Mar. 

25,  1846 

Manvraring,  Mrs.  Susan  J. 

/  Sept. 

24,  1845 

dOct. 

23,  1846 

Martin,  Charles  E. 

/  Nov. 

26,  1845 

Usm. 

27,  1847 

Middleton,  WiUiam  H. 

ft  Feb. 

20,  1847 

/Jan. 

27,  1847 

McMiUan,  Mrs.  Catharine 

ft  Jan. 

29,  1847 

Munroe,  Mrs.  Sarah  I'rances  b  Feb. 

26,  1847 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Marsh,  Mrs.  Jane 

6  Feb. 

26,  1847 

Dec. 

27,  1854 

MiUer,  Daniel  Henry 

eMar. 

14,  1847 

/May 

26,  1847 

Mills,  Catharine 

ft  Jan. 

31,  1848 

(/July 

6,  1849 

Maloney,  Charles  P. 

/Jan. 

31,  1848 

/Mar. 

24,  1851 

STANTON   STEEET   BAPTIST   CHUECH.  193 


MiUs,  Mary  Elizabeth 

h  Mar.     1,  1848 

Mar. 

26, 

1848 

Mandeville,  Mrs.  Evelyn 

b  Mar.     2,  1848 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Melvitt,  WiUiam 

e  Mar.  31,  1848 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Minton,  Mary  E. 

h  Jan.    26,  1849 

ZMar. 

22, 

1854 

Monday,  Catharine  A. 

b  Feb.      2,  1849 

Jan. 

10, 

1853 

McCrury,  Margaret 

6  Feb.    23,  1849 

ZFeb. 

20, 

1850 

McClusky,  Mrs.  Emeline 

b  Feb.    26,  1849 

Mclntyre,  Bessy  Ann 

^Feb.    26,  1849 

I 

Myers,  Henry  F. 

6  Feb.    26,  1849 

I  Nov. 

4, 

1859 

Myers,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  Mar.    23,  1849 

I  Nov. 

4, 

1859 

Maby,  Augustus  L. 

6  April  27,  1849 

Jan. 

10, 

1856 

Milleny,  Mrs.  Jane 

b  Nov.  28,  1849 

I  Mar. 

24, 

1852 

Moore,  Elizabeth 

b  Jan.    25,  1850 

Mar. 

26, 

1856 

Marshall,  Fannie 

b  Jan.   25,  1850 

Minturn,  Mrs.  Rebecca 

b  Mar.     3,  1850 

Mason,  Mrs.  Mary 

b  Mar.  26,  1850 

Miller,  Mrs.  Maria 

b  Mar.  26,  1850 

I  June 

28, 

1854 

Myers,  Catharme 

6  Oct.    30,  1850 
'.    Dec.    26,  1855 

Sept. 

27, 

1854 

ZDec. 

26, 

1855 

Mason,  Henry  P. 

b  Jan.    31,  1851 

Minturn,  Stephen 

b  April    2,  1851 

Molenaor,  Sarah  L. 

b  Dec.     T,  1851 

Miller,  Mrs.  Susan 

I  Nov.      3,  1852 

Molenaor,  Edward  M. 

b  Mar.     6,  1853 

Molenaor,  Ann 

b  Mar.     6,  1853 

McMullen,  Mrs.  Nancy 

6  Mar.     6,  1853 

McLean,  Mrs.  Anna  J. 

6  Mar.    23,  1853 

(/Nov. 

1, 

1854 

McMullen,  David 

b  April    3,  1853 

Millington,  Mrs.  EUzabeth 

dOct. 

26, 

1853 

Meeker,  Mrs.  Mary 

I  Aug.     2,  1854 

McCardy,  Mrs.  Ceha  E. 

I  Dec.    27,  1854 

Minturn,  Althea 

b  Mar.    20,  1855 

Mount,  Mary  A. 

b  Jan,    23,  1856 

Mead,  Mrs.  Ellen  B. 

/  Mar.    28,  1856 

McCartin,  Henry  A.  E. 

6  May    21,  1856 

194  HISTORY   OF  THE 


McDonald,  John 

I  Feb.    20,  lS5l 

MeCartin,  Catharine 

b  Mar.  2*7,  1857 

Massard,  Philip 

6  April    1,  1857 

McGrow,  Theresa 

b  April    8,  1857 

Mangles,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

e  April    8,  1857 

Myers,  Mrs.  Naomi 

I  April    3,  1857 

Manley  Thomas 

I  June     5,  1857 

/  Sept. 

14, 

1858 

Manley,  Mrs.  Sophia 

I  June     5,  1857 

I  Sept. 

14, 

1858 

McNab,  Mrs.  Matilda 

/  Oct.     30,  1857 

MiUer,  Charles 

e  Oct.     30,  1857 

Mclntyre,  William 

I  Feb.      5,  1858 

Meritt,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

e  Dec.    31,  1857 

I  Sept. 

29, 

1868 

McMahon,  Mrs.  ilmma 

6  Feb.   26,  1858 

/July 

28, 

1858 

Mangam,  Mrs.  Rebecca 

b  Nov.   21,  1838 

Moses,  Mrs.  Deborah 

b  April  23,  1858 

Mace,  Levi  H. 

b  May    27,  1858 

Mace,  Mrs.  Melinda 

b  May    27,  1858 

Maynard,  John  D. 

b  May    28,  1858 

Mortimer,  Mrs.  Josephine 

6  May    28,  1858 

Manley,  William  Thomas 

b  June  18,  1858 

Miller,  Susie  A. 

b  June  18,  1858 

McDonald,  Mrs.  Phebe 

e  Oct.       1,  1856 

Noe,  Michael 

(  I  Sept.    23,  1823 
I     Mar.    25,  1840 

May 
/Nov. 

19, 
21, 

1830 
1855 

Noe,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

I  Sept.  23,  1823 

dDec. 

31. 

1847 

Nafis,  Mrs.  Maria 

b  AprU    4,  1828 

/Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Norton,  Amelia 

b  July    30,  1828 

Newman,  Miss  Elizabeth 

b  Feb.    24,  1832 

/  Jan. 

25, 

1843 

Newman,  Henry 

UAug.    30,  1833 
1     Nov.   28,  1842 

Feb. 
/Jan. 

18, 
25, 

1835 
1843 

Nichols,  Mary 

b  Mar.   26,  1834 

Mar. 

30, 

1842 

Noble,  Sarah  Ann 

b  April  29,  1835 

/Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Newton,  Chester  P. 

I  Aug.   26,  1835 

/May 

24, 

1837 

Newton,  Mrs.  Mary  /  Aug.   26,  1835    /  May    24,  1837 


STANTON  STREET  BAPTIST  CHCmCH.  195 


Norman,  Rachel 

6  April  20,  1836 

Nafis,  Mrs.  Judith 

(  h  April  27,  1836 
1  I  May      1,  1850 

I  Jan.    27,  1841 
(f  April  18,  1856 

Nichols,  Mrs.  Grace  Ann 

h  Mar.    26,  1834 

I  Sept. 

25,  1839 

Newbury,  EUza 

I  Sept.  25,  1839 

I  Nov. 

20,  1839 

Needham,  Mrs.  Adeline 

I  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Norris,  Jane 

b  Sept.  29,  1841 

ZNov. 

25,  1846 

Northrup,  Mrs.  Lucy 

I  b  Feb.     1,  1843 
I  May      1,  1857 

I  Jan. 
ZMar. 

27,  1847 
25,  1858 

Nopthrup,  Chaucey  B. 

5  6  Feb.    22,  1843 
(  I  May      1,  1857 

Z  Jan. 
I  Mar. 

27,  1847 
25,  1858 

Nickerson,  Mrs.  Hannah 

b  Feb.     2,  1842 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Noe,  Richard 

b  Mar.     1,  1848 

J  Feb. 

22,  1850 

Noe,  Mrs.  Angeline 

b  Mar.      1,  1848 

I  Sept. 

24,  1856 

Niel,  Jane 

(  b  Feb.   25,  1850 
leMay      5,1854 

I  June 

25,  1851 

Neal,  Lewis  M. 

b  May     3,  1850 

/  Sept. 

27,  1854 

Nugent,  Clarissa  E. 

6  AprU    2,  1851 

Mar. 

26,  1856 

Neil,  Mrs.  Mary 

b  Mar.   23,  1853 

Northup,  Helen  S. 

b  April    8,  1857 

ZMar. 

25,  1858 

Northrup,  Cynthia 

e  May      1,  1857 

ZMar. 

25,  1858 

Ogden,  Frances 

b  Aug.  26,  1835 

ZJan. 

27,  1841 

Odell,  Mrs.  Frances  Ann 

b  April  20,  1836 

Z  July 

21,  1841 

Owen,  Mrs.  Henrietta 

b  Mar.   80,  1840 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Odell,  James  J.  S. 

(  b  Jan.    31,  1838 
I    June  23,  1841 

Dec. 
ZJuly 

23,  1840 
21,  1841 

O'Neil,  Mary  Ann 

b  Feb.    20,  1839 

I  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Osborn,  Lydia 

6  Feb.   21,  1839 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Owens,  Mrs.  Sarah 

/  Feb.    21,  1839 

I  Dec. 

25,  1839 

Obee,  Mrs.  Mary 

b  Feb.    27,  1839 

/Oct. 

25,  1843 

Overheiser,  Mrs.  Catharine    b  May      1,  1839 

Z  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Odell,  Susan 

b  Feb.    19,  1840 

Overheiser,  Abtaham 

b  Feb.    26,  1840 

ZJan. 

27,  1841 

Ougheltrcc,  Elizabeth 

b  Sept.     8,  184S 

/July 

22,1847 

196  HISTORY   OF  THE 


Oliver,  William  H. 

b  Feb.    14,  1844 

I  Jan, 

25,  1854 

Oakley,  Mrs.  Cassandra 

I  Oct 

22,  1846 

Olsted,  Mrs.  Mary  Catharine  i  Mar.     2,  1842 

Z  June 

14,  1855 

Omberson,  William  J. 

b  April  20,  1843 

/Mar. 

22,  1854 

Omberson,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  W.  b  April  20,  1843 

ZMar. 

22,  1854 

Olsted,  Laros 

b  Feb.   27,  1846 

dJuly 

12,  1849 

Olmsted,  Elizabeth 

6  Feb.    26,  1847 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Ondel,  Peter 

b  Dec.      3,  1847 

/  June 

20,  1849 

Osgood,  James 

I  Jan.    31,  1848 

/July 

26,  1849 

Osgood,  Mrs.  Eleanor  B. 

S.    I  Jan.    31,  1848 

/July 

26,  1849 

Opie,  Mrs.  Mary 

Z  May      6,  1848 

/Nov. 

24,  1852 

Omberson,  John  F. 

/  May    26,  1849 
Jan.     23,  1856 

July 

21,  1852 

/June 

25,  1856 

Omberson,  Mrs. 

I  May    26,  1849 

/  June 

25,  1856 

Oliver,  Mrs.  Mary 

h  Mar.     3,  1850 

/Jan. 

25,  1854 

Oscar,  Samuel  J. 

b  Mar.    27,  1857 

Oscar,  Mrs.  Mary  J. 

b  April    8,  1857 

Orrok,  Sarah  E. 

b  May    29,  1867 

Fattello,  Frederick 

/  Sept.  23,  1823 

/  Sept. 

4,  1826 

Pattello,  Catharine 

/  Sept.  23,  1823 

/Mar. 

24,  1830 

Phillips,  Margaret 

I  Nov.      9,  1826 
/May     17,  1827 

/Nov. 
/Feb. 

30,  1826 
23,  1831 

Poulson,  Mrs.  Rebecca 

b  Mar.      2,  1827 

Sept. 

29,  1858 

Provost,  Mrs.  Mary  B. 

b  April  23,  1834 

/Feb. 

23,  1842 

Prince,  Margaret 

b  Mar.    23,  1827 

Prince,  Eliza 

b  April  10,  1827 

Pollock,  Charlotte 

/  Nov.   28,  1827 

April 

22,  1842 

Page,  Mrs.  Harriet 

b  April  20,  1836 

Phelps,  Humphrey 

I  June   26,  1828 

Phelps,  Mrs.  Clarinda 

I  June  25,  1828 

Paschal,  Mitchel 

I  Dec.    23,  1829 

Sept. 

20,  1837 

Perigo,  Mrs.  Margaret 

b  May   29,  1830 

/Jan. 

19,  1857 

Pendle,  Mrs.  Margaret 

/  AprU  27,  1832 

d 

—   1832 

Plymer,  John 

(  b  July  27,  1831 
(  e  May      S,  lS3o 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

I  Dec, 

24,  1856 

STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST   CHUECH. 


197 


(  b  Dec. 
\  e  May 

Y,  1829 

Z  Jan. 

2Y,  1841 

Plymer,  Mrs.  Eliza 

3,  1854 

I  Dec. 

24,  1856 

Phelps,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane 

h  April 

22,  1831 

<?  June 

29,  1854 

Parker,  Mrs.  Jane 

6  June  20,  1832 

Dec. 

23,  1840 

Parkis,  Silvina 

I  Jan. 

6,  1883 

Paddon,  William 

ZMar. 

26,  1834 

ZMay 

22,  1839 

Phelps,  Willard 

h  April 

30,  1834 

I  Sept. 

22,  1858 

Paddon,  Mrs.  Honour 

may 

21,  1834 

^May 

22,  1839 

Pearsall,  Abby 

5  Aug. 

27,  1834 

/Feb. 

3,  1841 

(  h  Oct. 
\    Sept. 

1,  1834 

Feb. 

28,  1838 

Price,  Thomas 

26,  1838 

Aug. 

26,  1846 

Price,  Mrs.  Mary 

(  b  April 
\     Sept. 

25,  1832 

26,  1838 

Feb. 
c?Oct. 

28,  1838 
19,  1838 

Price,  Joseph 

6  Dec. 

31,  1834 

/May 

21,  1838 

Preston,  Josephine 

b  April 

20,  1836 

ZMay 

23,  1838 

Price,  Mrs.  Priscilla 

6  Nov. 

23,  1831 

d  June  12,  1836 

Pettitt,  Mary 

6  Nov. 

3,  1836 

Sept. 

22,  1847 

Pennington,  Mrs.  Adeline 

J      I  June 

21,  1837 

Pierce,  Mrs.  Mary 

7  Aug. 

30,  1837 

/Feb. 

25,  1852 

Pierce,  Mary 

;Aug. 

30,  183Y 

d 

1848 

Pettifor,  Joseph 

6  Jan. 

31,  1838 

Aug. 

25,  1841 

Prankard,  George 

(  b  Feb. 
(  I  Nov. 

2,  1838 

3,  1855 

/Sept. 

25,  1850 

Price,  John  S. 

6  Feb. 

21,  1838 

/Jan. 

2*7,  1841 

Perrin,  Hannah 

<  I  April 

<  Nov. 

18,  1838 
20,  1844 

Aug. 
/Nov. 

25,  1841 
29,  1844 

Peterson,  Richard  E. 

7  Dec. 
e  May 

26,  1838 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

3,  1854 

Peterson,  Mrs.  Deborah 

ZDec. 
e  May 

26,  1838 
3,  1854 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Powelson,  Charles  G. 

ZDec. 

26,  1838 

/Dec, 

23,  1840 

Powelson,  Mrs.  Frances 

I  Dec. 

26,  1838 

/Dec. 

23,  1840 

Pettit,  Mary 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

/  Jan. 

27,  1841 

(6  Jan. 
UMay 

29,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Prankard^  John  6. 

8,  1864 

t9S  HISTOEY   OF  TEE 


Price,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Paget,  Emeline 

Parish,  Julia 

Pitman,  Thomas  W. 
Pitman,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Perry,  Mrs.  Mary  L. 
Pugsley,  Elias 

Prankard,  Mrs.  Ann 

Prankard,  Mrs.  Hannah 

Peters,  Julia 
Parker,  George 
Parker,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Parker,  Mrs.  Anna 
Parker,  William 
Peck,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann 
Peck,  Elizabeth 
ProTOst,  Ellen 
Provost,  Elizabeth 
Page,  Mrs.  Henrietta 
Parrise,  Joanna 
Pack,  William 
Preston,  Catharine  A. 
Preston,  Mrs.  Sarah  A. 
Perry,  Mrs.  Mary  L. 
Pethick,  Thomas 
Perkins,  Almira  S. 
Pethick,  Mrs.  Susan  L. 
Philips,  Maria 
Purdy,  Mrs.  Hannah  Maria 
Price,  Mrs.  Rebecca 
Palmerly,  Mrs.  Mary 
Pabner^  Elias 


6  Jan. 

29,  1839 

/Feb. 

3,  1841 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

/Oct. 

27,  1847 

b  Feb. 

20,  1839 

Aug. 

25,  1841 

Dec. 

22,  1842 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

iFeb. 

21,  1839 

I  Feb. 

3,  1841 

6  Feb. 

27,  1839 

/Feb. 

3,  1841 

/  April 

3,  1839 

ZMar. 

24,  1841 

6  July 

24,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

(  b  Feb. 
<eMay 

26,  1840 

ZJan. 

27,  1841 

3,  1854 

6  Feb. 
/Nov. 

26,  1840 

/Sept. 

25,  1850 

3,  1855 

6  Mar. 

3a,  1840 

/Mar. 

24,  1841 

/July 

22,  1840 

/Mar. 

24,  1841 

/July 

22,  1840 

/Mar. 

24,  1841 

/May 

26,  1841 

^July 

22,  1840 

/May 

26,  1841 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

</Feb. 

6,  1846 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

*Mar. 

31,  1841 

Sept. 

29,  1858 

6  April 

7,  1841 

/July 

23,  1847 

/Nov. 

1,  1848 

J  Feb. 

2,  1842 

/Jan. 

27,  1847 

6  Feb. 

23,  1842 

/Mar. 

30,  1842 

6  Mar. 

2,  1842 

(/April    6,1847 

/  Sept. 

21,  1842 

/Dec. 

22,  1842 

/Mar. 

25,  1846 

6  Jan. 

25,  1843 

/Feb. 

24,  1847 

6  Jan. 

25,  1843 

/Aug. 

24,  1848 

/Jan. 

25,  1843 

/Feb. 

24,  1847 

6  Feb. 

1,  1843 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

I    6  Feb. 

3,  1843 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

5  Mar. 

1,  1843 

/  Nov. 

25,  1846 

Z>Mar. 

1,  1843 

Mar. 

25,  1858 

^May 

31, 1843 

/Mar. 

25, 1858 

STANTON    STREET   BAPTIST   CHURCH. 


199 


Palmer,  Mrs.  Hannah 

6  May 

31,  1843 

/Mar. 

25, 

1858 

Price,  Eliza  W. 

I  Nov. 

29,  1843 

/Mar. 

21, 

1849 

Pierce,  John 

6  Feb. 

28,  1844 

/  Feb.  ^ 

.25, 

1852 

Plumb,  Elizabeth  J. 

6  Feb. 

28,  1844 

/  April^ 

23, 

1852 

Price,  Henry 

h  April 

5,  1844 

/Feb. 

18, 

1846 

Plumb,  William 

ZAprU 

5,  1844 

/April 

23, 

1852 

Plumb,  Mrs.  Cynthia 

Z  April 

5,  1844 

/April 

23, 

1852 

Peterson,  Sarah  Ann 

6  May 

18,  1844 

/  Sept. 

25, 

1844 

Peck,  John  B. 

6  Feb. 

19,  1845 

Oct. 

13, 

1858 

Perry,  George  F. 

ZMar. 

28,  1845 

/Dec. 

23, 

1846 

Parks,  Reuben  S. 

Z  Jan. 

25,  1845 

/Jan. 

26, 

1848 

Pratt,  Mrs.  EHzabeth 

6  Aug. 

1,  1845 

/July 

22, 

1847 

Pippinger,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

iFeb. 

20,  1846 

/Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Pratt,  OUver 

6  Feb. 

20,  1846 

/  Nov. 

25, 

1857 

Provost,  Mary 

5  Feb. 

27,  1846 

Jan. 

2^, 

1847 

Palmer,  Mrs.  Adelia 

6  Nov. 

23,  1842 

Pettis,  John 

f  ZMay 
\  I  Feb. 

1,  1846 
23,  1849 

/Feb. 
(/June 

23, 

1848 
1849 

Porter,  Henry  C. 

ZMar. 

5,  1847 

/July 

22, 

1847 

Pettis,  Mrs.  Emily  A. 

j  b  Feb. 
■  ZFeb. 

28,  1844 
23,  1849 

/Feb. 
/  Jan. 

23, 
22, 

1848 
1851 

Preston,  David 

e  July 

30,  1847 

d 

Purdy,  EUza 

h  Jan. 

31,  1848 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Plumb,  William  Henry 

b  Jan. 

31,  1848 

Oct. 

25, 

1855 

Palmer,  WiUiam  Henry 

J  Mar. 

1,  1848 

Plumb,  Edwin  B. 

5  Mar. 

1,  1848 

Pierson,  Amanda 

6  April 

I  28,  1848 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Pierson,  Mrs.  Rachel 

6  Mar. 

23,  1849 

Pierson,  Rachel 

6  Mar. 

23,  1849 

Page,  Mrs.  Catharine  M. 

6  Mar. 

30,  1849 

Provost,  Reuben 

/May 

4,  1849 

/Aug. 

18, 

1S52 

Provost,  Mrs.  Louisa  E. 

/May 

4,  1849 

/Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Perkins,  Richard 

6  May 

26,  1850 

April 

23, 

1851 

Palmer,  Francis  H. 

6  Oct. 

20,  1850 

(/Sept. 

15, 

1855 

Peck.  Mrs.  Marv 

«  Jan. 

2,  1852 

200  HISTORY   OF  THB 

Peck,  Ferdinand  h  Mar.  24,  1852 

Porter,  Mrs.  Maria  Jane  b  Feb.    19,  1845       Feb.    20,  1856 

Pratt,  CyQthia  S.  i  Feb.    25,1848     /Nov.    25,1857 

Patterson,  Mrs.  Elizabetli  F.  h  May   23,  1851       Nov.     4,  185Y 

Partridge,  Mrs.  Julia  b  Mar.     2,  1842       Nov.   24,  1858 

Phelps,  Mrs.  Francis  Amelia  b  Feb.     2,  1848     I  Mar.    27,  1857 

Piper,  Mary  I  Dec.    22,  1853 

Pruden,  Thomas  /  Sept.  21,  1854    /Dec.    10,1858 

Pruden,  Mrs.  Anna  I  Sept.   21,  1854    I  Dec.    10,  1858 

Pitowsky,  Arnold  h  Jan.    31,  1855 

Palmer,  Harriet  b  Jan.    23,  1856     /  Mar.    25,  1858 

Patrick,  Martha  E.  b  Mar.    28,  1856 

Price,  Edward  e  Oct.      1,  1856    /  Dec.    24,  1856 

Prichard,  Mrs.  Margaret  e,Oct.      1,  1856 

Pierson,  John  b  Mar.  27,  1857     I  Oct.     21,  1857 

Pierson,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  h  Mar.   27,  1857     /  Oct.     21,  1857 

Prankard,  Francis  T.  b  April    1,  1857 

Peterson,  William  T.  h  April    8,  1857 

Peterson  Mrs.  Eliza  J.  b  April    8,  1857 

Prankard,  Thomas  G.  b  April  23,  1857 

Pepper,  Mrs.  Lucy  b  April  23,  1857 

Price,  John  H.  I  June     5,  1857 

Pettiner,  Daniel  b  Nov.   27,  1857     I  Nov.    24,  1858 

Pettiner,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  I  Nov.   27,  1857    /  Nov.    24,  1858 

Pettiner,  William  H.  I  Dec.      4,  1857     /  Nov.    24,  1858 

Pomroy,  Jesse  H.  b  Mar.   25,  1858 

Pomroy,  Mrs.  Mary  Eliza  b  Mar.     1,  1844 

Post,  Mrs.  Mary  \  ^  ^'«^-   ^6,  1845     I  Jan.    21,  1852 

'                  ^  UJan.    25,1854    /Dec.    23,1859 

Piatt,  Mrs.  Amanda  A.  /  Mar.    27,  1857     d  May   26,  1859 

Prankard,  Mrs.  Adelaide  R.  h  April    1,  1857 

Quick,  Susan  /  Mar.    23,  1836     /  May    24,  1837 

Quitters,  Catharine  b  Mar.   25,  1840     /  Sept.  29,  1841 

Quinn,  Keturah  F.  b  Feb.     4,  1848       Mar.   22,  1848 


STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST  CHTJKCH.  201 


Robertson,  Mrs.  Rebecca 

I  Mar. 

16,  1825 

July 

15, 

Ripley,  Mrs.  AbigaU 

I  b  Feb. 
{  I  Mar. 

13,  1828 
3,  1850 

/July 
Nov. 

27, 
21, 

Rust,  Samuel 

6  July 

28,  182Y 

May 

5, 

Robinson,  Wm. 

b  Sept. 

14,  1821 

Oct. 

26, 

Rust,  Mrs. 

6  Nov. 

28,  1827 

/Jan. 

29, 

Reed,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  Oct. 

1,  1828 

/Aug. 

27, 

Reed,  Wm. 

6  Nov. 

4,  1828 

Dec. 

21, 

Rockwood,  Mrs.  Lucretia 

/Apr. 

20,  1831 

/Oct. 

26, 

Redica,  Mrs.  Matilda 

6  Apr. 

1,  1835 

/Feb. 

3, 

Runnells,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  Apr, 

20,  1836 

/Jan. 

27, 

Robertson,  John  C. 

6  Apr. 

27,  1836 

(/July 

9, 

Robertson,  Edward 

6  July 

26,  1836 

Nov. 

24, 

Regan,  Mrs.  Catharine  E. 

6  Feb. 

15,  183'7 

/Feb. 

24, 

Rundle,  Eliza 

6  Feb. 

15,  1837 

/Aug. 

23, 

Robertson,  Mrs.  Ellen 

6  Mar. 

1,  1837 

Roof,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann 

6  Feb. 

22,  1837 

/July 

22, 

Reeves,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  May 

1,  1828 

Feb. 

2, 

Richards,  Mrs.  Maria 

I  Sept. 

27,  1837 

/Apr. 

22, 

Ritter,  Lydia 

b  Jan. 

24,  1838 

/Feb. 

24, 

Randall,  Mrs.  EUzabeth  D 

.     J  Feb. 

21,  1838 

/Jan. 

27, 

Ross,  John 

6  Feb. 

28,  1838 

/Feb. 

3, 

Ross,  Mrs.  Susan 

/Feb. 

3, 

Randall,  W.  H. 

/Feb. 

28,  1838 

/Jan. 

27, 

RandaU,  Mrs.  Mary 

/Feb. 

28,  1838 

/  Jan. 

27, 

Redica,  Cath.  Elizabeth 

6  Mar. 

28,  1838 

/Feb. 

3, 

Ryno,  Phebe  L. 

/AprU 

18,  1838 

/Jan. 

27, 

Ross,  William 

b  June  21,  1838 

Sept. 

29, 

Rockwell,  David 

5  May 

23,  1838 

/Feb. 

3, 

Ritter,  Margaret 

6  July 

25,  1838 

/Feb. 

24, 

Rotheray,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  Oct. 
'   /Mar. 

3,  1838 
30,  1853 

/Oct. 

23, 

Rogers,  Mrs.  Maria 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

/Jan. 

27, 

Ross,  James 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

/Feb. 

3, 

Roe,  Mrs.  Louisa 

(  b  Jan. 
1/May 

29,  1839 
25,  1842 

/April 
/Dec. 

21, 
23, 

202  HISTORY   OF  THE 

Rowland,  Mrs.  Marietta,  I  Sept.  20,  1843 

Rotheray,  WiUiam  b  Jan.    29,  1839  I  Jan.    27,  1841 

Runnels,  Benj.  b  Feb.  20,  1839  I  Jan.    27,  1841 

Robords,  Cynthia  b  Feb.    21,  1839  I  Dee.    23,  1840 

Remmick,  Mrs.  Lydia  b  Feb.    27,  1839  I  Jan.    27,  1841 

Ross,  Mrs.  Nancy  b  May    29,  1839  /  Feb.      3,  1841 

Rowland,  Mrs.  Marietta  b  Feb.    19,  1840  I  Sept.  20,  1843 

Runnells,  Loxiisa  b  Feb.    19,  1840  I  Jan^    27,  1841 

Ross,  Mary  b  Feb.    19,  1840  I  Feb.      3,  1841 

Rowland,  Richard  b  Feb.    28,  1840  I  Jan.    27,  1841 

Rowland,  William  b  Feb.    28,  1840  I  Sept.  20,  1843 

Rogers,  Mrs.  Lydia  Ann  b  Mar.  25,  1840  /  Jan.    27,  1841 

Rogers,  Edgar  b  Mar.    25,  1840  /  Jan.    27,  1841 

Remmick,  Rebecca  b  Mar.  25,  1840  I  Jan.    27,  1841 

Robertson,  Mrs.  Esther  b  Mar.  25,  1840  Aug.  23,  1844 

Rowland,  David  b  Mar.   25,  1840  I  Jan.    27,  1841 

Ritter,  John  0.  b  April    7,  1841  April  20,  1842 

Raymond,  Elizabeth  I  June  23,  1841  I  Aug.   18,  1852 

t  Ritter,  Mrs.  Margaret  i  Dec.    22,1841  Z  Nov.   25,1846 

Roe,  Peter  6  May    25,  1842  I  Dec.    23,  1846 

Reed,  Lucy  Ann  b  Dec.    22,  1842  I  July    22,  1846 

Reed,  Mary  Ann  b  Jan.   23,  1843  April  22,  1846 

Russell,  Hannah  6  Mar.      1,  1843 

Rickason,  William,  b  Mar.   22,  1843  I  Feb.    24,  1847 

Rogers,  Mrs.  Eliza  b  Mar.   29,  1843  Aug.   18,  1852 

Richardson,  Mrs.  Mehetable  6  Feb.    14,  1844  I  Feb.    24,  1847 

Riggs,  David,  jr.  b  Feb.    28,  1844  d  Nov.     3,  1846 

Reviere,  Hannah  Ann  b  Feb.   28,  1844  I  Jan.    21,  1852 

Russell,  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  I  AprU     3,  1844  I  Nov.   25,  1846 

Rolla,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  \^^'^'    1^' 1^45 

'  ^  (    Dec.    23,  1859 

Robertson,  Caroline  R.  b  Mar.    28,  1845  Feb.    25,  1852 

Remmington,  Rev.  Stephen  /  Nov.   27,  1846  I  Jan.    21,  1852 

Remmington,  Mrs.  Eliza  A.    Z  Nov.  27,  1846  c?Dec.     7,1851 

Rogers,  Mrs.  Sarah  b  Mar.     1,  1843  I  Dec.    23,  1846 


I  Dec.    23,  1857 


STANTOIT  STEEET  BAPTIST  CHUKCH.  203 


Ridabock,  Jacob  H. 

b  Feb.     6,  1847 

Roop,  Deborah  Ann 

I  May    28,  1847 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Bitter,  Mrs.  Eleanor 

b  Nov.  26,  1847 

June 

20,  1849 

Bidabock,  Margaret 

b  Jan.    81,  1848 

Baymond,  William  H. 

I  Jan.    31,  1848 

Bice,  James 

b  Feb.    23,  1848 

d  May  27,  1859 

Bedstone,  Margaret 

b  April  28,  1848 

Beviere,  John 

b  Feb.   23,  1851 

^Aug. 

27,  1856 

Beviere,  Mrs,  Martha 

b  Feb.   23,  1851 

^Aug. 

27,  1856 

Biggens,  Cornelius 

b  April  25,  1851 

Badclifif,  Louisa  G. 

b  Feb.    28,  1851 

/May 

21,  1856 

Bemmington,  Mrs.  Sarah  B.  b  June     1,  1849 

/May 

26,  1852 

Bandall,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

e  May      5,  1854 

Bandall,  Mary 

e  May      5,  1854 

c/July 

13,  1855 

Bodgers,  Bosanna 

I  Sept.  21,  1854 

/Mar. 

26,  1856 

Bobertson,  Henry  N. 

I  Nov.   21,  1855 

Bichards,  Humphrey 

e  Oct.      1,  1856 

Bichards,  Mrs.  Sarah 

e  Oct.      1, 1856 

Bichards,  Mrs.  Jane 

e  Oct.       1,  1856 

Bichards,  Cadwallader 

e  Oct.      8,  1856 

Baynor,  Ann 

b  April  28,  1857 

Beeves,  Mary  F. 

b  Jan.    29,  1858 

Bustin,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 

(6  Mar.      1,1848 
(    April    7,  1858 

Mar. 

26,  1856 

/April 

7,  1858 

Bobinson,  Mrs.  Maria 

b  Mar.   28,  1856 

Boboson,  Mrs.  Eliza 

b  Mar.    27,  1858 

Bobertson,  Mrs.  Bhoda 

b  Sept.  24,  1858 

Beeves,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

b  Mar.  25,  1859 

Swift,  William  B. 

/  Sept.  23,  1823 

Oct. 

26,  1836 

Seger,  Andrew 

I  Oct.       3,  1823 

/Feb. 

27,  1828 

Seger,  John 

b  Jan.    27,  1828 

/Oct. 

1,  1828 

Salsbury,  Mrs.  Margaret 

b  May      1,  1828 

/Feb. 

24,  1847 

Stout,  Helena 

b  AprU  10,  1827 

/Nov. 

25,  1846 

SafferUj  Mrs.  Ann 

6  May   17,1827 

<iMar. 

25,  1860 

204  HISTORY  OF  THE 


Saffern,  Ann  EliV.a 

5  May 

17,  1827 

/May 

2§,  1850 

Snowden,  Mrs.  Eliza 

6  May 

1,  1828 

/April 

24,  1844 

Smock,  Mrs.  Jane  E. 

/Nov. 

20,  1844 

Sprbwls,  Mrs.  Sarah 

/  June 

15,1827 

Aug. 

24,  1827 

Stout,  Mary 

I  Oct. 

25,  1827 

Swany,  Andrew  F. 

(  b  Feb. 
(eMay 

23,  1831 
3,  1854 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Swany,  Mrs.  Hannah 

(  b  April 
leMay 

30,  1834 
3,  1854 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Sparry,  Mrs.  Ann 

6  April 

10,  1827 

/Jan. 

23,  1831 

Skokes,  Mrs.  Frances 

/  Sept. 

21,  1842 

Storer,  Hetty 

6  Oct. 

26,  1831 

t/ June 

11,  1855 

Smith,  Rebecca 

b  Jan. 

25,  1832 

/Oct. 

26,  1836 

Sutton,  Job  S. 

ZMay 

23,  1832 

June  25,  1851 

Sutton,  Mrs.  Sarah  A. 

UMay 
i    Oct. 

23,  1832 
22,  1856 

June  25,  1851 
/  July    28,  1858 

Spencer,  Mrs.  Ellen  R. 

6  May 
"  I  Dec. 

25,  1832 
22,  1842 

/Jan. 
d  April 

24,  1838 
.    6,  1844 

Spencer,  "William 

b  Jan. 
'  /Dec. 

23,  1833 
22,  1842 

/  Jan. 
/May 

24,  1838 
24,  1848 

Skates,  Mrs.  Nancy 

ft  Mar. 

27,  1833 

/June 

23,  1841 

Stanton,  Sister 

/May 

24,  1833 

Stocking,  Mrs.  Anna  Maria    /  Mar. 

7,  1831 

/May 

24,  1833 

Spock,  Elizabeth 

Z  April 

—  1827 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Simonson,  Sarah 

b  June  28,  1833 

(/Oct. 

8,  1835 

Stevens,  David  R. 

6  Oct. 

4,  1833 

/Mar. 

27,  1839 

Stevens,  Mrs.  Charlotte 

b  Oct. 

4,  1833 

/Mar. 

27,  1839 

Stokes,  Brother 

Smith,  Nancy 

/April 

23,  1834 

/  June 

23,  1841 

Scofield,  Mary 

6  May 

21,  1834 

Sherwood,  Caroline 

6  May 

28,  1834 

Sweezy,  Mrs.  Lucinda 

6  July 

22,  1835 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Studwell,  Mary 

/Aug. 

26,  1835 

Silver,  Mrs.  Margaret 

/Nov. 

25,  1835 

/May 

30,  1836 

Saffern,  Mrs.  Mary 

/  Jan. 

27,  1841 

STANTON   STREET  BAPTIST  CHUECH.  205 

Stell,  EKza  h  Mar.  23,  1836 

Starr,  Mrs.  Hester              \  ^  ^^P"'  ^l'  f  ?^  \  «=?*•  ^'^  J^^^ 

'                                       {  I  May      3,  183*7  I  1847 

Smith,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ann    6  AprU  27,  1836  I  Jan.  2Y,  1841 

Shumay,  Mrs.  Catharme        I  Sept.  21,  1836  Aug.  18,  1852 

Squire,  Bela  S.                       b  Feb.    15,  1837  I  Feb.  24,  1847 

Squire,  Mrs.  Jeannette            b  Mar.     1,  1837  I  Feb.  24,  1847 

Streeter,  Elizabeth                  I  Mar.     1,  1837  I  June  26,  1848 

Smith,  Elizabeth  Jane            b  Mar.   22,  1837  I  Jan.  27,  1847 

Smith,  Mrs.  Sarah                   I  June  21,  1837  I  July  26,  1837 

Smith,  Edward                        h  Jan.    24,  1838  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Stacy,  Mary  Ann                     h  Jan.    24,  1838  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Sommers,  John  "W.                 b  Nov.  21,  1838  Nov.  24,  1852 

Stevens,  Margaret                   b  Jan.   29,  1839  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Stelman,  Mrs.  Louisa  I  Feb.  2,  1842 

Scott,  Margaret                       h  Jan.    29,  1839  I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Stout,  Mrs.  Sarah                 j  ^  '^^^^   29,  1839  I  xNov.  26,  1845 

'  i  e  May      3,  1854 

Simpson,  Barbara                j  6  Jan.    30,  1839  /Feb.  3.1841 

\l  Feb.    23,  1849  /  Mar.  30,  1851 

Simpson,  Catharine                6  Jan.   30,  1839  I  Feb.  3,  1841 

Stout,  Jacob  S.                     \  *  ^^^'    20,  1839  I  Nov.  23,  1842 

(  I  Mar.    27,  1844  d  Jan.  22,  1859 

Sweazey,  Epenetus                 h  Feb.   20,  1839  I  Feb.  3,  1841 

See,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann               6  Feb.   21,  1839  I  Jan.  26,  1859 

Simpson,  Mary  Jane               b  Feb.    21,  1839  I  Feb.  3,  1841 
Sharrot,  Jane                          b  Feb.    21,  1839 

Stevenson,  Mrs.  Cornelia  A.   6  Feb.    27,1839  /  Aug.  26,  1840 

Smith,  Mrs.  Margaret          |  &  Mar.  27,  1839  /  Feb.  3,1841 

^                  (  I  May  26,  1858 

See,  David  C.                         b  Mar.  27,  1839  I  Jan.  26,  1859 

Sweazey,  Mrs.  Martha            b  Feb.    20,  1839  I  Feb.  3,  1841 

Sands,  Margaret                     b  April    2,  1839  I  Apr.  21,  1841 

Shaver,  Mrs.  Margaret           /  Sept.  25,  1839  I  Mar.  24,  1841 

Steward,  Mrs.  Celestina  I  Feb.  S,  1841 
16* 


206  HISTORY    OF  THE 

Shaver,  Abraham  I  Sept.  25,  1839  /  Mar.  24,  1841 

Snell,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  I  Sept.  25,  1839  /  July  21,  1841 

Solomon,  Henry  S.  6  Feb.    19,1840  ?  Jan.  24,1844 

Smith,  Margaret  6  Feb.    28,  1840  Aug.  18,  1852 

Sexsmith,  Mary  6  Mar.   25,  1840  I  Jan.  2*7,  1841 

Sill,  Mrs.  Caroline  I  Jan.    29,  1839  April  21,  1841 

Stevens,  Jacob  6  Mar.    30,1840  /Jan.  27,1841 

Simpson,  Sarah  h  Mar,   30,  1840 

Skaats,  Isaac  h  Mar.   30,  1840  May  26,  1841 

Sweezy,  Mrs.  Dorothy  /  May     2T,  1840  /Feb.  3,1841 

Smith,  William  I  June  24,  1840  I  Sept.  23,  1840 

Sparks,  Mrs.  Amoret  6  July   22,1840  /June  26,1848 

Smith,  Sarah  Ann  6  Mar.      5,1841  /Aug.  21,1844 

Sill,  Mrs.  Maria  h  Mar.     3,  183*7  /  Feb.  3,  1841 

Stout,  Charles  B.  h  Dec.    29,  1841 

Simpson,  Sarah  Eliza  h  Mar.    30,  1840 

Smith,  Mrs.  Henriette  b  Feb.      2,  1842  /  Jan.  23,  1850 

Smith,  Wright  H.  h  Feb.   lY,  1842  /  Jan.  23,  1850 

Simpson,  Susanna  b  Feb.    17,  1842 

Simpson,  Cornelia  b  Feb.    17,  1842 

Satterlee,  Mrs.  Cornelia  b  Feb.    17,  1842 

Salsbury,  WiUiam  D.  b  Feb.    23,  1842  /  Feb.  24,  1847 

Smith,  William  b  Feb.    23,  1842  /  Feb.  22,  1843 

Smith,  Mrs.  Asenath  b  Mar.     2,  1842  /  May  24,  1848 

Satterlee,  Charles  b  Mar.   23,  1842  Dec.  24,  1851 

Stephen,  William  M.  b  Mar.   30,  1842  /  Feb.  18,  1846 

Sibell,  Mrs.  Sarah  /Mar.    30,1842  /Oct.  26,1859 

Smith,  Martha  J.  b  April  22,  1842  Aug.  18,  1852 

Sembler,  Mrs.  Lucinda  b  Sept.  21,  1842  d 

Spencer,  Mary  /^Dec.    28,  1842 

Smith,  Robert  b  Jan.   25,  1843  /  Dec.  20,  1843 

Squire,  Horatio  N".  b  Feb.     1,  1843  /  Nov.  7,  1866 

Stewart,  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  6  Dec.  23,  1859 

Shumway,  Wm.  H.  /  Dec.    30,  1859 

Stetson,  Deborah  A.  /  Dec.   SO,  1859 


STANTON    STREET   BAPTIST    CHURCH. 


207 


Slote,  Joseph 

6  Mar. 

1,  1843 

Sembler,  Henry  F. 

6  Mar. 

1,  1843 

Aug. 

2*7,  1846 

Smalley,  David 

6  Mar. 

22,  1843 

Nov. 

30,  1859 

Smalley,  Mrs.  Ellen 

6  Mar. 

22,  1843 

/Feb. 

24,  1847 

Stagg,  WUliam  H. 

6  Mar. 

22,  1843 

Jan. 

10,  1856 

Stagg,  Mrs.  Mary 

5  Mar. 

22,  1843 

Skinner,  Mrs.  Amelia 

6  Mar. 

22,  1843 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Sisum,  Morris  B. 

iMar. 

29,  1843 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Stinson,  Hannah 

/Mar. 

29,  1843 

/Jan. 

24,  1849 

Slote,  Mrs.  Sarah 

^Mar. 

29,  1843 

Schuyler,  Mrs.  Catharine 

6  July 

26,  1843 

Aug. 

18,  185e 

Stewart,  Sarah 

e  July 

26,  1843 

/Dec. 

23,  1846 

Smith,  Mrs.  Imogene 

6  Nov. 

29,  1843 

/Oct 

22,  1845 

Sullivan,  Margaret 

h  Jan. 

31,  1844 

Aug. 

27,  1845 

Snyder,  Eleanor 

a  Feb. 

28,  1844 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Stedwell,  Mrs.  Elythera 

5  I  Nov. 
1     Dec. 

1,  1844 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

22,  1852 

/Dec. 

22,  1852 

Simpson,  Mrs.  Catherine 

b  Jan. 

29,  1845 

/  Jan. 

27,  1847 

Schermerhorn,  Susan  A. 

^Feb. 

26,  1845 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Simpson,  John  R. 

iMar. 

28,  1845 

/  Jan. 

27,  1847 

Schermerhorn,  Mrs.  Ann 

iAprU 

25,  1845 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Scott,  Mrs.  Susan 

b  April 

20,  1843 

/  Sept. 

6,  1851 

SQkworth,  Samuel  0. 

I  April 

3,  1846 

c/Dec. 

18,  1859 

Smith,  WiUiam  C, 

/July 

3,  1846 

Jan. 

24,  1865 

Smith,  Mrs.  Sarah 

/Oct. 

29,  1845 

/Nov. 

25,  1846 

Stilwell,  Mrs.  Susan  Adeline  h  Mar. 

1,  1843 

/  April 

21,  1847 

Spicer,  Francis  H. 

/  Nov. 

27,  1846 

/ 

Shea,  Mrs.  Frances 

iFeb. 

23,  1842 

Smith,  Mrs.  Ann  Eliza 

/July 

31,  1844 

/Jan. 

27,  1847 

Scott,  Catharine 

b  Jan. 

29,  1847 

/  Sept. 

6,  1851 

Strang,  Emma 

iFeb. 

26,  1847 

Nov. 

24,  1858 

Smally,  Enos  B. 

6  Mar. 

3,  1847 

/Dec. 

23,  1857 

Strang,  Samuel  F. 

6  Mar. 

5,  1847 

/Jan. 

26,  1854 

Stuhl,  Mrs.  Nancy 

6  July 

22,  1840 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Sampson,  Mrs.  Nancy 

/Mar. 

17 

26,  1847 

208 


HISTORY    OF   THE 


Strang,  Mrs.  Catharine 

iMar. 

31,  1847 

/  Jan. 

25, 

18)4 

j5May 
■  ;Oct. 

31,  184'7 

/July 

24, 

1850 

Slocum,  Mrs.  Eliza  B. 

25,  1854 

J 

Sibell,  George 

ZJuly 

2,  184'7 

/Oct. 

26, 

1859 

Silkworth,  Mrs.  Maria 

4  Oct. 

29,  184Y 

Smith,  Mary  Ann 

h  Dec. 

24,  1847 

Jan. 

22, 

1851 

Shaffer,  Mary 

h  Jan. 

31,  1848 

</ AprL 

6) 

1855 

SibeU,  John  W. 

b  Jan. 

31,  1848 

/July 

25, 

1855 

Strang,  Henrietta 

dPeb. 

2,  1848 

Nov. 

24, 

1858 

Shopp,  George 

iFeb. 

23,  1849 

/  April 

27, 

1855 

Shopp,  Charles  E. 

5  Feb. 

23,  1849 

/AprU 

26, 

1854 

Shopp,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 

^Feb. 

23,  1849 

/April 

27, 

1854 

Shopp,  Mrs.  Tirzah  Maria 

6  Feb. 

23,  1849 

/April 

26, 

1854 

Spier,  Mrs.  Lucinda 

iMar. 

23,  1849 

Smally,  Mrs.  Sarah  Jane 

b  Mar. 

27,  1849 

Jan. 

10, 

1851 

Shumer,  Mrs.  Mary 

5  Mar. 

27,  1849 

Spinning,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  Mar. 

27,  1849 

Shopp,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

6  Aug. 

31,  1849 

/  June 

23, 

1852 

Strobell,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane 

6  Feb. 

22,  1843 

/Mar. 

27, 

1850 

Shopp,  John 

h  Jan. 

30,  1850 

/  June 

23, 

1852 

Strang,  Edmund 

6  Mar. 

3,  1850 

April 

22, 

1853 

Sherwood,  William 

/Mar. 

3,  1850 

/  June 

26, 

1850 

Sherwood,  Mrs.  Dorcas 

/Mar. 

3,  1850 

/  June 

26, 

1850 

Smart,  Kobert 

6  Mar. 

29,  1850 

/July 

25, 

1855 

Schuyler,  Mrs.  Maria 

6  Feb. 

23,  1851 

Strang,  Mrs.  Sarah 

6  April 

2,  1851 

(/ Jan. 

22, 

1852 

Smith,  Mrs.  Emma  D. 

6  July 

30,  1851 

(/Jan. 

23, 

1867 

Sibell,  Mrs.  Huldah  T. 

6  Mar. 

6,  1853 

/July 

22, 

1855 

Sinclare,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane 

6  Mar. 

26,  1847 

Smith,  Rer.  C.  Billings 

/Feb. 

22,  1854 

/Sept. 

21, 

1854 

Smith,  Mrs. 

/Feb. 

22,  1854 

/  Sept. 

21, 

1854 

Smith,  Elizabeth  J. 

/  Mar. 

29,  1854 

Swany,  Emma 

«May 

3,  1854 

Swany,  Isabella 

eMay 

3,  1854 

Swany,  Mrs.  Frances 

eMay 

S,  1864 

6TANT0X    STREET   BAPTIST   CHURCH.  209 

Sweezey,  Martha  e  May      3,  1854 

Stewart,  Martha  e  May      3,  1854    I  Feb.    23,  1857 

Smith,  Thomas  D.  b  Aug.     2,  1854 

Spencer,  Judith  A.  b  Mar.   28,  1856 

Smith,  Emma  A.  b  Mar.   27,  1857 

Stewart,  Abby  J.  b  Mar.   27,  1857 

Sorensen,  Henry  6  April    1,  1857 

Smith,  Mary  Emma  b  April    1,  1857 

Smith,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  b  April    8,  1857 

Swany,  Mary  A.  e  May      3,  1853 

Sherer,  Mrs.  Lavina  b  Jan.    29,  1847     I  Aug.   26,  1857 

Smith,  Austin  B.  h  Oct.    23,  1857 

Sibell,  Mary  6  Feb.    24,1857     Z  Oct.     26,1859 

Sibell,  Martha  b  Feb.    24,  1857     I  Oct.     26,  1859 

Sandford,  George  W.  b  Feb.    24,  1858 

Spinning,  Mary  b  Mar.    25,  1858 

Stetson,  Mrs.  Lucy  A.  I  Mar.    25,  1858 

Smith,  Mrs.  Amelia  b  Feb.    28,  1844     I  Xov.    10,  1858 

Stevens,  Mrs.  Caroline  e  May      o,  1854 

Slote,  Mrs.  Ann  Eliza  b  Feb.    21,  1855 

Sloan,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  b  April    7,  1858 

Shannon,  James  6  May    27,  1858 

Stetson,  Mrs.  Lucy  A.  6  May    27,  1858 

Stow,  Mrs.  Anna  M.  b  May    28,  1858 

Scott,  Mrs,  Maria  b  Feb.    24,  1836     /  April  20,  1857 

Swift,  Mrs.  Julia  Ann  b  Feb.   23,  1848 

Shannon,  Mrs.  Mai^  h  Mar.    25,  1859 

Try  on,  Jane  I  Nov.     9,  1825     I  Oct.     27,  1830 

Thompson,  EHza  b  Jan.    27,  1827     I  May    23,  1832 

Thompson,  Benj.  M.  b  Jan.    27,  1827     I  June  29,  1853 

Thompson,  Andrew  b  Feb.    29,  1827     I  May    24,  1843 

Thompson,  Samuel  6  Feb.    29,  1827     I  June   23,  1830 

Thompson,  Sally  6  Feb.    29,  1827     d 

Totten,  Mrs.  Mary  S.  b  Feb.    28.  1834       Aug.   21,  1860 


210 


HISTORY   OF   THE 


Thompson,  Mrs.  Susan 

h  July   23,  1834 

July 

26,  1843 

Thompson,  Mrs.  Judith 

b  Feb.    23,  1831 

I  June 

29,  1853 

Thompson,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  b  Feb.   29,  1827 

dOQi. 

9,  1840 

Tidd,  EUzabeth 

b  April  17,  1827 

I  April 

[  25,  1832 

Thompson,  John 

b  Sept.  14,  1827 

/May 

23,  1832 

Tryon,  William 

b  April    2,  1828 

/Oct. 

27,  1830 

Tryon,  Miss  Jane 

b  Dec.     2,  1829 

/Oct. 

27,  1830 

Tracy,  Miss  Lucy 

b  Dec.   23,  1829 

Thomson,  Miss  Hannah 

6  May    29,  1830 

/Jan. 

24,  1840 

Taylor,  Miss  Eliza 

b  April  25,  1832 

Thatcher,  Mrs. 

b  Oct.    26,  1832 

Timpney,  Hannah 

b  Apr.    27,  1833 

July 

26,  1843 

Theall,  Mrs.  Jane 

h  Aug.  27,  1834 
"  e  May      3,  1854 

/Feb. 

3,  1841 

Travis,  Ann 

/Dec. 

24,  1834 

Thompson,  Mrs.  Martha 

/  June     3,  1835 

/Jan. 

27,  1836 

Terry,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  W. 

6  July   29,  1835 

/Jan. 

27,  1847 

Thompson,  James 

I  July    29,  1835 

JMar. 

10,  1841 

Thompson,  Mrs.  Sarah 

b  April  27,  1836 

/Dec. 

22,  1841 

Thompson,  Harriet 

h  April  27,  1836 

/July 

23,  1845 

Thompson,  Ellen  S. 

b  June  22,  1836 

/May 

22,  1839 

Torrey,  Thomas 

b  Nov.  30,  1836 

Oct. 

26,  1843 

Thompson,  James 

b  Feb.    22,  1837 

/Dec. 

22,  1841 

Tompkins,  Morris 

b  Feb.   22,  1837 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Thompson,  Mrs.  Susan 

I  Feb.    22,  1837 

July 

22,  1840 

Talbot,  Mrs.  Ann 

b  Mar.   22,  1839 

Tooly,  Esther  Ann 

b  Mar.    22,  1837 

Aug. 

21,  1850 

Taintor,  Mrs.  Betsy 

I  Mar.    29,  1837 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Thompson,  Carman 

/  April  26,  1837 

/Oct. 

25,  1837 

Thompson,  Mrs.  Martha 

j  /  April  26,  1837 

/Oct. 
/  Sept. 

25,  1837 
29,  1841 

Torbit,  Andrew  M. 

I  Oct.     25,  1837 

/April 

18,  1838 

Taylor,  Mrs.  Caroline 

/  Feb. 

3,  1841 

Thompson,  Mrs.  Lydia 

/  Jan.      3,  1838 

Thorpe,  Mrs.  Julia  Ann 

b  June  27,  1838 

/Feb. 

3,  1841 

STANTON    STREET   BAPTIST   CHURCH. 


211 


TQbott,  Juliette       ^2 

/Oct. 

24,  1838 

Tillott,  Amy 

ZOct. 

24,  1838 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

TiUott,  Sophia 

ZOct. 

24,  1838 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Tompkins,  Mary 

/Dec. 

26,  1838 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Turner,  Louisa 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

July 

26,  1843 

Thompson,  Theodore  A. 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

/  Sept. 

25,  1839 

Toupat,  Peter  A. 

j  b  Jan. 
i     Mar. 

30,  1839 

Dec. 

25,  1844 

29,  1850 

July 

21,  1852 

Toupat,  Mrs.  Catharine 

/  Sept. 

25,  1839 

/May 

9,  1855 

Titlar,  Mrs.  Sarah 

/Jan. 

30,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Titlar,  James 

/Jan. 

30,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Twaddle,  Thomas 

/Jan. 

30,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Tiebout,  James 

6  Feb. 

20,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Terry,  Horace  H» 

6  Feb. 

27,  1839 

J  July 

6,  1839 

Tice,  Mrs.  Eunice 

iMar. 

27,  1839 

/Oct. 

25,  1853 

Tooly,  Mary 

b  April 

.    2,  1839 

Sept. 

23,  1840 

Tiebout,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  May 

1,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Taylor,  Mrs.  Mary  Eliza 

b  April 

2,  1839 

/  June 

29,  1853 

Tallman,  Mrs.  Adelia 

iMar. 

30,  1840 

/Nov. 

21,  1849 

Travis,  Simeon  S. 

b  Sept. 

25,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Travis,  Mrs.  Charity 

6  Sept. 

25,  1839 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Taylor,  Jane 

6  Feb. 

26,  1840 

/  June 

23,  1841 

Taylor,  Phebe 

6  Mar. 

25,  1840 

April 

20,  1841 

Talluck,  Mary 

6  Mar. 

30,  1840 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Talluck,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

/Jan. 

27,  1841 

Teller,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

6  Nov. 

25,  1840 

/  Jan. 

27,  1841 

Thompson,  Mahlon 

^Mar. 

31,  1841 

d  June  29,  1841 

Taylor,  William  H. 

b  Jan. 

14,  1842 

/  June 

29,  1853 

Taylor,  Elizabeth 

b  Jan. 

26,  1842 

June  23,  1852 

Townsend,  Lydia  Ann 

6  Feb. 

17,  1842 

/ 

Tice,  Lavinia  S. 

b  April  20,  1842 

/  Sept. 

24,  1845 

Treharne,  Richard 

/  Sept. 

21,  1842 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Treharne,  Mrs.  Charlotte 

/  Sept. 

21,  1842 

Aug. 

18,  1852 

Tappan,  Lewis 

6  Feb. 

1,  1843 

Sept. 

22,  1847 

Triglar,  Mrs.  Mary 

b  Sept. 

8,  1843 

Oct. 

22,  1851 

212                                  HISTORY    OF 

THE 

Trigler,  Henrietta 

h  Sept. 

8,  1843 

Oct. 

22, 

1851 

Trigler,  Elizabeth 

h  Sept. 

27,  1843 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Thomas,  Mrs.  Margaret 

d 

Todd,  Drake  P. 

3  Oct. 
I  June 

2,  1844 

3,  1859 

/May 

24, 

1854 

Trone,  Sarah  Jane 

^Feb. 

19,  1845 

/Dec. 

23, 

1846 

Tice,  William  H. 

/Dec. 

5,  1845 

May 

27, 

1846 

Thurston,  Mrs.  Louisa  M. 

^Feb. 

22,  1843 

June 

23, 

1847 

Trout,  Catharine 

5  Mar. 

31,  1848 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Thompson,  Andrew 

6  Mar. 

2,  1848 

/  June 

29, 

1853 

Tyson,  Mrs. 

^Mar. 

31,  1848 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Todd,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane 

(  /  Nov. 
(  I  June 

22,  1848 
3,  1859 

/May 

24, 

1854 

Tinkler,  Mrs.  Jane  Maria 

b  Jan. 

26,  1849 

Taylor,  Andrew 

h  Jan. 

26,  1849 

May 

26, 

1852 

Thompson,  Mrs.  Margaret 

L.  I  Nov. 

30,  1849 

Tilton,  Mrs.  Sarah  E. 

6  May 

2,  1851 

Dec. 

23, 

1857 

Tucker,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

/July 

2,  1851 

/May 

21, 

1856 

Tallman,  Mrs.  Sophia 

6  Mar. 

27,  1849 

Taylor,  Mrs.  Ameha 

h  Feb. 

23,  1848 

Tagart,  Granville 

/Feb. 

22,  1853 

/May 

20, 

1858 

Tagart,  Mrs.  Eunice  B. 

/Feb. 

22,  1853 

/May 

20, 

1853 

Taylor,  Wilham 

b  Jan, 

25,  1854 

/May 

29, 

1857 

Todd,  James,  H. 

€  May 

3,  1854 

/  Nov. 

7, 

1855 

Todd,  Mrs.  Sarah  C. 

e  May 

3,  1854 

Taylor,  Sarah  A. 

e  May 

3,  1854 

Townsend,  John  P. 

e  May 

3,  1854 

/  Sept. 

21, 

1859 

Terhune,  Richard 

e  May 

5,  1854 

Terhune,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

eMay 

6,  1854 

Tompkins,  Mary 

e  May 

5,  1854 

Townsend,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

eMay 

5,  1854 

/  Sept. 

21, 

1859 

Tattersall,  William  K. 

/  Sept. 

21,  1854 

/Mar. 

26, 

,  1856 

Tattersall,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

/  Sept. 

21,  1854 

/Mar. 

26. 

,  1856 

Tattersall,  Mary  A. 

/  Sept. 

21,  1854 

/Mar. 

26, 

,  1856 

Tyson,  Mrs.  Emeline  Y.  b  Mar.    27,  1857     /  April     8,  1857 


STANTON    STREET   BAPTIST   CHrECH.  213 

Tinkler,  Martha  b  Nov.   27,  1857 

Turner,  Mrs.  Mary  ^  Nov.    27,  1857 

Tripp,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  I  Nov.    27,  1857 

UnderhiU,  Mrs.  Ann  |  ^  ^ept.  27,  1833     /  Jan.    27,  1S41 

Upson,  Mrs.  Catharine  e  Mar.      2,1842     /  April  27,  1855 

Underbill,  Mrs.  Martha  I  May    20,  1853 

Underbill,  Mrs.  Sarah  E.  b  Mar.    31,  1843     I  April  27,  1848 


Vanderboof,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

<  b  Mar. 
i.  I  Nov. 

24, 
30, 

1834- 
1842 

/Jan. 
ZDee. 

27, 
24, 

1841 
1851 

Vanderboof,  Matthew 

J  i  April 
i  I  Nov. 

5) 
30, 

1834 
1842 

/Jan. 
/Dec. 

27, 
24, 

1841 
1851 

Vanderboof,  Jacob 

b  April 

23, 

1834 

Sept. 

23, 

1840 

Vanderboof,  Edward 

b  April 

30, 

1834 

Jaru 

22, 

1840 

Vanvelsen,  Mrs. 

b  Oct. 

1, 

1834 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Vauvelsen,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 

b  Jan. 

24, 

1838 

/Feb. 

4, 

1859 

Vanvelsen,  Mary 

b  April  27, 

1836 

April 

3, 

1839 

Van  Hagan,  Peter 

I  June 

22, 

1836 

June 

21, 

1837 

Vanvelsen,  Mrs.  Catharine 

c/ April 

.18, 

1837 

Vincent,  Mrs.  Jane 

(  b  Jan. 
i  I  July 

24, 

30, 

1838 
1847 

/Jan. 
/  April 

27, 
26, 

1841 
1854 

Vancamp,  Charlotte 

6  Feb. 

21, 

1838 

/  Nov. 

2.5, 

1846 

Veader,  James  M. 

I  Sept. 

2«, 

1838 

I  Bee. 

25, 

1839 

Veader,  Mrs.  Mary  M. 

/  Sept, 

26, 

1838 

/Dec. 

25, 

1839 

Vincent,  Hunneyvill 

b  Nov. 

21, 

1838 

/Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Vanderboof,  Cornelius  S. 

b  Jan. 

29, 

1839 

/  Mar. 

27, 

1844 

Vanderboof,  Mrs.  Rachel 

b  Jan. 

29, 

1839 

/  June 

25, 

1845 

Vanbouton,  Mrs.  Ann 

6  Feb. 

21, 

1839 

/Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Vanness,  Sarah 

b  May 

1, 

1839 

/Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Vandiue,  Mrs.  Susan 

/  May 

1, 

1839 

Vandine,  Mrs.  Charlotte 

/  July 

31, 

1839 

/Feb. 

3, 

1841 

Van  Brunt,  John 

b  April 

■    3, 

1840 

din 

1843 

Vanness,  Mrs.  Susan 

A  Jan. 

28, 

1842 

d  Feb. 

14, 

1845 

214 


HISTORY   OF   THE 


Vanness,  Mary  Ann 

&Feb. 

2'3',  1842^ 

June 

26, 

1844 

Vanduseu,  Mrs.  Susan 

6De«. 

22,  1842 

/  Aug. 

23, 

184a 

Valentine,  Mrs.  Eliza  A. 

h  Feb. 

22,  1843 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Yanhise,  Mrs.  Catharine 

cMar. 

1,  1843 

/Feb. 

24, 

1847 

Vanburen,  Mrs.  Wilhelmina 

b  Feb. 

14,  1844 

/  June 

20, 

1849 

Vanburen,  James 

b  April 

3,  1844 

/  June 

20, 

1849 

Vandyck,  Mrs.  Susan 

/May, 

22,  1844 

/Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Varian,  Mrs.  Frances  E, 

/  June 

24, 

184& 

Vanriper,  Mrs.  Maria 

6  Feb. 

23,  1842 

/  April 

23, 

1858 

Valentine,  Harriet 

eFeb. 

26,  1847 

Vandenburg,  John 

6  Jan. 

31,  1848 

July 

23, 

1851 

Vanwart,  Mrs.  Ann  Eliza 

^Feb. 

2,  1848 

Voorhis,  Daniel  W. 

6  Mar. 

24,  1848 

/Mar. 

— 

1851 

Voorhis,  Mrs.  Cornelia 

b  Jan. 

3,  1849 

/Mar. 

— 

1851 

Vondersraith,  Eli 

A  Aug. 

31,  1849 

/Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Vondersmith,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  b  Aug. 

31,  1849 

/Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Van  Buskirk,  Mrs.  Amelia 

b  Jan. 

2,  1850 

Van  Name,  Mrs.  Margaret 

b  Feb. 

25,  1848 

No-v. 

24, 

1858 

Van  Lieu,  Abraham 

&Mar. 

29,  1854 

Oct, 

27, 

185S 

Vuniderstine,  John 

eMay 

3,  1854 

Vaniderstine,  Mrs.  Jane  M. 

,    eMay 

5,  1854 

Vanderwater,  John  A. 

eMay 

7,  1854 

Vanderwater,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  I  Jan. 

30,  1857 

Van  Nest,  Sarah 

/May 

1,  1857 

Vaniderstine,  Mrs.  Sarah 

/Aug. 

26,  1857 

Verguson,  Ezra  L. 

/Feb. 

27,  1850 

/  Dec. 

22, 

,  1858 

VanTalkenburgh,  Mary 

/  June 

3,  1859 

Warden,  Mrs.  Eliza 

/  Mar. 

15,  1825 

/July 

25, 

1855. 

Winslow,  Henry 

h  Feb. 

29,  18-27 

/May 

24, 

183S 

Winslow,  Octavius 

h  Apri! 

I  10,  1827 

/May 

18, 

1831 

Wallace,  Mrs.  Margaret 

6  April  10,  1821 
/Feb.    26,  1845 

/  Sept. 

20, 

,  1837 

Winslovv,  Robert  F. 

b  April  17,  1 827 

/Feb. 

27, 

182S 

Wilson,  Cordelia 

b  May 

17,  1827 

/Jan. 

2, 

,  1828 

STANTON   STREET   BAPTIST   CHURCH. 


215 


Wish,  Mary  h  May    31,  182Y 

Winslow,  Mrs.  Mary  /  June     8,  1827 

Woods,  Guy  C.  b  July      2,  1828 

Wilson,  Miss  Catharine  b  April  20,  1831 

Washburn,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  I  Nov.   23,  1831 

Whitney,  Miss  Harriet  b  April  25,  1832 

Wyckoff,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  b  April  25,  1832 
Watrous,  Mrs    Margaret 

Wilson,  Sarah  Maria  I  April  2*7,  1832 

Whittlesey,  Miss  Abby  b  Mar.   2*7,  1833 

I  b  Nov.     1,  1833 
Wood,  Clarissa  -J  I  Oct.     25,  1848 

(     Aug.  24,  1859 

Wood,  Mrs.  Sarah  b  Nov.     9,  1833 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  Julia  I  Mar.    26,  1834 

Wyckoff,  John  N.  b  April    5,  1834 

Wyckoff,  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  b  April    5,  1834 

Wagner,  John  b  May    21,  1834 

Weeks,  Ann  b  May    21,  1834 

Wilson,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  /  June  25,  1834 

Wagner,  Mrs.  Lucinda  /  June  25,  1834 
Wild,  Mrs.  Mary 

Wilson,  Joseph  I  Nov.   26,  1834 

Wilson,  Mrs.  Eliza  /  Nov.    26,  1834 

Wells,  Emeline  /  Dec.      2,  1835 

Wilsey,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  6  Mar.      1,  1837 

Welton,  Grace  Ann  b  Dec.    30,  1835 

Wiley,  Mrs.  Catharine  E.  b  April  27,  1836 

Wiley,  Mrs.  Sarah  b  Feb.    15,  1837 

Wiley,  Alexander  b  Feb.    22,  1837 

Wilsey,  Thomas  b  Feb.    22,  1837 
Wooldridge,  Mis.  Margaret   b  Feb.    22,  1837 

White,  Charles  b  Mar.   22,  1837 

White,  Mrs.  Harriet  b  Mar.    22,  1837 

Walker,  Mrs.  Deborah  I  Mar.    29,  1837 


Z  June  15,  1827 

I  Sept.  28,  1827 

/  Jan.  27,  1841 

d  Jan.  6,  1842 

Aug.  25,  1841 

I  Jan.  27,  1841 

Nov.  22,  1837 

/June  25,  1845 

/  Sept.  20,  1848 


I  Aug. 
c?Dec. 
/Feb. 
/  Jan. 
/  Jan. 
d  June 
/Feb. 
/  June 
/  April 
Aug. 
/Mar. 


Feb. 
/Aug. 
/  Jan. 
/Nov. 
/  Jan. 
<f  Oct. 
/May 
/May 
/  Jan. 
/  Nov. 


24,  1859 

25,  1844 
3,  1841 

27,  1841 
27,  1841 
19,  1839 
3,  1841 
25,  1845 
22,  1840 
25,  1841 
31,  1841 


25,  1852 
25,  1841 
24,  1840 

20,  1839 
24,  1840 
28,  1858 
24,  1837 

21,  1856 
27,  1841 

22,  1843 


216 


HISTOEY    OF   THE 


Waterbury,  Ana  Elizabeth 

iMay 

3,  1837 

Whitlock,  Mrs.  Phebe 

c/May 

10, 

Withingto-n,  Lucy  Maria 

b  June 

28,  1837 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

Warne,  Catharine  R. 

b  Aug. 

30,  1837 

June 

24, 

Withington,  Mary 

6  Jan. 

24,  1838 

I  Jan. 

27, 

Waterbury,  Jane 

b  Jan. 

24,  1838 

Winter,  John  C. 

j  6  Jan. 
<eMay 

31,  1838 
7,  1854 

/Jan. 

d  Sept. 

27, 
1, 

Winter,  Mrs.  Mary 

S  b  Jan. 

1  e  May 

31,  1838 
5,  1854 

/  Jan. 
/May 

27, 
25, 

Watkins,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

6  July 

25,  1838 

Aug. 

18, 

Willersdorf,  Catharine  E. 

/Jan. 

27, 

Willersdorf,  Elizabeth 

b  Dec. 

26,  1838 

Wilson,  Sarah  Jane 

b  Ja.n. 

29,  1839 

/  April 

l*?, 

Webster,  William 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

/Jan. 

27, 

Webster,  Mrs.  Jane 

b  Jan. 

29,  1839 

/Jan. 

27, 

Weeks,  Mrs.  Catharine 

Z  Jan. 

30,  1839 

White,  Eliza 

6  Feb. 

20,  1839 

/Jan. 

27, 

Wilson,  Charles  J. 

3  Feb. 

21,  1839 

/  Jan. 

27, 

Willet,  Mrs.  Eliza 

6  Feb. 

27,  1839 

/Feb. 

3, 

Whitmore,  Rebecca 

b  Apri 

2,  1839 

/Mar. 

25, 

Wagner,  Mrs.  Susan 

/Jan. 

26, 

Wiley,  William 

/May 

29,  1839 

/Mar. 

24, 

Wiley,  Mrs.  Catharine 

/May 

29,  1839 

/Mar. 

24, 

Wolcot,  Mrs.  Mary 

6  Feb. 

19,  1840 

/Jan. 

27, 

Weed,  WiUiam 

6  Feb. 

28,  1840 

/Jan. 

27, 

Weed,  Mrs.  Jane 

A  Feb. 

28,  1840 

/Jan. 

27, 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  Eleanor 

6  Mar. 

30,  1840 

/  Jan. 

27, 

Wilbur,  William 

b  Mar. 

30,  1840 

d  Mar. 

1, 

Ward,  Mrs.  Henrietta 

6  Mar. 

30,  1840 

/July 

24, 

Watson,  Mrs.  Ruth 

b  April 

22,  1840 

/  Mar. 

24, 

Watson,  John 

6  Apri 

22,  1840 

/  Mar. 

24, 

Woolsey,  Samuel  W. 

I  Nov. 

25,  1840 

/Feb. 

3, 

Williamson,  Catharine  Ann   h  Mar. 

5,  1841 

/Jan. 

26, 

Wilbur,  Catharine  Ameha 

b  Mar. 

81,  1841 

Aug. 

18, 

STANTON    STREET    BAPTIST   CHUECH. 


21T 


"Williams,  Romelia 

b  Mar. 

31, 

1841 

I  Sept. 

29, 

1841 

AVagner,  Brother,  A. 

I  Nov. 

5, 

1841 

/Aug. 

26, 

1846 

Ward,  IsabeUa  M. 

6  Dec. 

22, 

1841 

/  Nov. 

25, 

1846 

Webb,  Mrs.  Mary 

\     Feb. 

Aug. 

25, 

1841 

26, 

1845 

/Feb. 

26, 

1845 

Wynell,  Emma 

3  Mar. 

14, 

1842 

Jan. 

10, 

1856 

Waldron,  Abraham 

3  Feb. 

1^, 

1842 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Wilson,  Jane 

5  Mar. 

2, 

1842 

d 

Walters,  Maron  Eliza 

6  April 

20, 

1842 

/July 

22, 

1846 

Wilson,  Charles  F. 

I  June 

22, 

1842 

/May 

26, 

1847 

Wilmot,  Alexander 

^Feb. 

1, 

1843 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Wellock,  Mrs.  Julia  A. 

5  Feb. 

22, 

1843 

/Feb. 

24, 

1847 

White,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 

b  April 

20, 

1843 

Sept. 

22, 

1847 

Wiggin,  Elizabeth 

h  April 

20, 

1843 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Watkins,  Emma 

6  July 

26, 

1843 

/Oct. 

21, 

1846 

Wilmot,  Mrs.  Matilda 

h  Jan. 

25, 

1843 

/Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Wiley,  Joseph 

b  Sept. 

27, 

1843 

/Feb. 

20, 

1850 

Waler,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

h  Nov. 

29, 

1843 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Wiley,  Mrs.  Jane  Ann 

e  Xov. 

29, 

1843 

d  Jan. 

12, 

1846 

Wales,  WiUiam 

h  Jan. 

5, 

1844 

/July 

22, 

1846 

Wells,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

^  Jan. 

24, 

1844 

/July 

22, 

1846 

WooUey,  WiUiam  H. 

h  Jan. 

31, 

1844 

/  April 

24, 

1844 

Ward,  Mrs.  Harriet  E. 

c  Jan. 

31, 

1844 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Waddell,  Mrs.  Jane  Ann 

5  Feb. 

28, 

1844 

April 

22, 

1846 

WaddeU,  Eliza  Ann 

6  Feb. 

28, 

1844 

/Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Wilt,  Mary  Elizabeth 

6  July 

23, 

1844 

/May 

23, 

1851 

Wilson,  Mrs.  Susan  B. 

h  Mar. 

22 

1843 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Winuegar,  Jacob 

6  Feb. 

28, 

1845 

Mar. 

24, 

1847 

Wellington,  Joseph  D. 

/Feb. 

20, 

1846 

Nov. 

24, 

1847 

Winnegar,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

/  Jan. 

27, 

1847 

Wood,  Mrs.  Phebe 

/Jan. 

26, 

1842 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Watson,  Samuel 

h  Jan. 

29, 

1847 

/  Nov. 

21, 

1849 

Watson,  Elizabeth 

b  Jan. 

29, 

1847 

/  Mar. 

29, 

1854 

Wright,  Theodore 

iMar. 

3, 

1847 

/  June 

28, 

1854 

Williams,  Samuel 

/  April 

30, 

1847 

/  April 

23, 

1851 

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THE 

Williams,  Mrs.  Mercy 

/May 

26,  1847 

/  April 

23, 

1851 

Woods,  Rev.  Joseph 

S  b  Oct. 
1     May 

29,  1847 
26,  1858 

Oct. 
/May 

21, 
26, 

1857 
1858 

Wheeler,  Phebe 

/Dec. 

24,  1847 

Wood,  William  T. 

b  Jan. 

31,  1848 

/May 

26, 

1858 

Whitfield,  Mrs.  Charlotte  A.  b  Feb. 

2,  1848 

/Aug. 

24, 

1848 

Warner,  William  W. 

6  Feb. 

2,  1848 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Williamson,  Hannah  Maria     b  Feb. 

2,  1848 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Wood,  Mrs.  Sarah  E. 

/Feb. 

4,  1848 

Williamson,  Mrs.  Emeline 

6  Feb. 

25,  1848 

Whitfield,  George 

6  Mar. 

24,  1848 

/Aug. 

24, 

1848 

Williams,  Levi 

/  Nov. 

22,  1848 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Wright,  Elizabeth 

/Nov. 

22,  1848 

April 

23, 

1851 

Wilder,  Sarah  E. 

h  Jan. 

3,  1849 

Feb. 

20, 

1850 

WilUamson,  George 

6  Feb. 

23,  1849 

Mar. 

30, 

1853 

White,  Emily  W. 

6  Mar. 

30,  1849 

Wymer,  Mrs.  Susan 

/Mar. 

30,  1849 

Wilson,  Charles 

6  Mar. 

3,  1850 

/  Jan. 

25, 

1854 

Wilson,  Harriet 

6  Mar. 

3,  1850 

/Jan. 

25, 

1854 

Winam,  Frances  A. 

6  Mar. 

3,  1850 

/Nov. 

26, 

1851 

Wining,  Mrs.  Jane 

/Mar. 

31,  1850 

Withington,  Mary 

/July 

5,  1850 

/  June 

25, 

1856 

Withington,  Lewis  F. 

6  Oct. 

2,  1850 

/  June 

14, 

1855 

Wagner,  John 

b  Jan. 

29,  1851 

/Mar. 

30, 

,  1853 

Wood,  Sarah  Maria 

6  May 

2,  1851 

Nov. 

24, 

1858 

Wright,  Susan  J. 

6  Feb. 

28,  1851 

Nov. 

22, 

1854 

WyneU,  Robert 

b  June 

9,  1852 

Sept. 

20, 

1859 

Walters,  Anthony  C. 

b  Sept. 

23,  1852 

/Mar. 

30, 

1853 

Withington,  Mrs.  Lucy 

eMay 

5,  1854 

/  June 

14, 

1855 

Worden,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

Wiesman,  John  H. 

6  Mar. 

6,  1853 

Dec. 

22, 

1858 

Watson,  George 

e  May 

3,  1854 

Watson,  Mrs.  Susan 

eMay 

3,  1854 

Withington,  Lewis 

(.May 
(  /  June 

6,  1854 
5,  1857 

/  June 

25, 

1856 

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Withington,  Mrs.  Lucy 

Wilson, 

Whipple,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Winchell,  Mrs.  Ann  Eliza 
Wilsey,  Mrs.  Eliza 
Watson,  Mrs.  Harriet 
Williams,  Richard 
Williams,  Mrs.  Martha 
Williams,  Mrs.  Catharine 
Williams,  Mrs.  Jane 
Williams,  Robert 
Wilmurt,  Thomas  A. 
Woodruff,  Mrs.  Lydia  T. 
Williams,  Richard  S. 
Williams,  Mrs.  Sarah 
WiUiams,  WiUiam  H. 
Wilson,  George  E.  St.  Mai 
Watson,  Adeline 
Winchell,  Margaret  C. 
Wiggins,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Williams,  Owen 
Winters,  Peter  V. 
Winters,  William 
Wing,  Reuben  W. 
Wing,  Mrs.  Catharine  E. 
Wilmurt,  Elizabeth  E. 
Winchell,  Helena 
Winchell,  Jane 
Webb,  Mrs.  Emma  J. 
Wilkins,  Parnella 
WiUiams,  Stephen  T. 

Welsh,  Mrs.  Sophronia 
Westcott,  Mrs.  Phebe 


e  May   6,  1854 

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25, 

1856 

/  June  5,  1857 

e  May  81,  1854 

Jan. 

10, 

1856 

I  Mar.  24,  1852 

(f  Aug. 

15, 

1855 

h  Mar.  2*7,  1849 

h  Feb.  23,  1851 

I  May  21,  1856 

e  Oct.   1,  1856 

/Nov. 

19, 

1858 

c  Oct.   1,  1856 

t  Oct.   1,  1856 

e  Oct.   1,  1856 

e  Oct.   1,  1856 

c?  Aug. 

2, 

1857 

h  Oct.  24,  1856 

I  Oct.  24,  1856 

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9, 

1859 

I  Feb.  20,  1857 

/  Feb.  20,  1857 

h  Mar.  27,  1857 

r  h  April  1,  1857 

h  April  8,  1857 

/  June  6,  1857 

h  Apr.  20,  1843 

I  July  31,  1857 

h  Jan.  29,  1858 

h  Jan.  29,  1858 

h  Mar.  25,  1858 

h  Mar.  25,  1858 

h  Feb.  24,  1858 

h  Mar.  25,  1858 

h  Mar.  25,  1858 

h  Mar.  26,  1847 

h  April  7,  1858 

h  May  27,  1858 

(  h  Feb.  19,  1845 
\     Dec.  22,  1858 

Mar. 

26, 

,  1856 

/Dec. 

22, 

,  1858 

/  June   3,  1859 

220  STANTON    STEEET    BAPTIST    CHUECH. 

Wallace,  Mrs.  Catharine  E.    /  Nov.    30,  1859 


Toting,  Jane 

h  Dec.    21,  1836 

ZFeb. 

3, 

1841 

Young,  Mrs.  Phebe  Eliza 

h  Feb.   21,  1838 

Z  Jan. 

27, 

1841 

Young,  Frederick 

h  April    2,  1839 

^May 

20, 

1842 

Young,  Mrs.  Esther 

I  Nov.     5,  1841 

/Oct. 

27, 

1847 

Young,  John  G. 

e  Dec.    29,  1841 

Nov. 

20, 

1844 

York,  Mary 

h  Feb.    28,  1844 

/July 

23, 

1845 

Young,  Catharine 

h  Oct.    31,  1845 

Aug. 

18, 

1852 

Youngs,  George  W. 

I  May    28,  1847 

ZMar. 

7, 

1848 

Youngs,  Mrs.  Mary 

I  May    28,  184*7 

ZMar. 

7, 

1848 

Young,  Harriet  M. 

I  Dec.    24,  1847 

(^Mar. 

6, 

1849 

Youngs,  Mrs.  Phebe 

I  May    21,  1856 

Youngs,  Harriet  A. 

h  April    1,  1857 

Zodi,  Mrs.  Margaret 

July 

26, 

1843 

Zimmerman,  Edward 

/  Mar.      3,  1848 

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20, 

1853 

Zimmerman,  Mrs.  Harriet  E 

.  /  Mar.      3,  1848 

/May 

20, 

1853 

Zebley,  John  F. 

c  May      3,  1854 

Zebley,  Mary  Emma 

h  April    1,  1857 

Zebley,  Ella  D. 

h  April  28,  1858 

Zebley,  Anna  C. 

h  June  18,  1858 

